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Date:      Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:45:22 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: printing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210071744240.34486-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <OE34PFIjKDhHVOTuBa00000c8f7@hotmail.com>

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On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Brian Henning wrote:

> i plan on setting up a printer server with an old machine. this will be it's
> only purpose. Would it be best to run a samba server on that machine if most
> of the machine that will be printing  are windows or bsd machines? is there
> a better or easier way to solve this problem?

It depends on what you mean by "Windows".  Win9x, yeah, you'll probably
need Samba.  Win NT/2000 have lpr clients and can print straight to lpd.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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