Mac OS X's underlying printer system is based on CUPS and it will
automatically pick up any Linux printer queues if they are being
shared.
I would connect the laser printer to the Linux machine, and then let
the Macs discover that queue (assuming they are all running some flavor
of UNIX, i.e., Linux or OS X). You could also get a USB hub and
connect the USB printers to the Linux box as well.
If you have printers connected to a Windows machine, it's a whole other
ball game (as I'm finding out with my Win XP Desktop that has an HP
DeskJet 5550 and LaserJet 1012 connected, both by USB). The HP drivers
for these printers in OS X only become active if the printers are
directly connected to the Mac or available via JetDirect (in other
words, they're not network capable). My work around was to install
GhostScript and RedMon (which lets you set up virtual printer ports
that send the input to a program) on the Windows machine and set up
generic PostScript drivers on the Mac, and let GhostScript on the
Windows side do all the rendering and printing. I also installed and
enabled the LPD/LPR extensions to Windows XP (available in Windows
Setup) so I wouldn't have to mess with SMB print queues (Windows and
Unix don't get along that well printing over Samba).
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On Feb 12, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Robert Snyder wrote:
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> There is a file and printering sharing wizard in OSX. IT uses
> Samaba so the other machines can pick up on it just fine.
> Called dont mess around with all that stuff when you can simply
> network the printer. Networking the usb one you would not even need
> to have it hooked up to the A/B switch as the pc could see the samba
> share too.
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>> This is in a round about way just barely a linux problem, just
>> barely anything close to linux but I really cant think of a better
>> place to ask, the people on this list know a little about most
>> everything related to computers running Linux or not.
>> Ok, here is what I have going on. I have a lexmark E312 laser that
>> has both USB and parallel. Presently I have the Linux box connected
>> through an A/B switch to the printer and an HP 612 both on cable. I
>> have a mac B&W running 10.3.8 connected to the printer with the
>> USB. So far all is good and everything working fine. I want to
>> connect 2 other mac B&W's to the printer. One is running Yellow Dog
>> and the other Debian but the only connection possible with a B&W is
>> USB. The question is -- Is there any way to connect all 3 macs to
>> the USB so they can all share the laser? I have a couple of 4 port
>> USB hubs but I cant see anyway to connect the macs to the hub and
>> have the hubs share the printer, what am I missing?
>> According to all the USB data I could google up there is no USB to
>> USB cable -- they cannot be "networked" but can be "daisy chained" up
>> to 277 from what I can gather. I would like to think there would be a
>> way to connect these without running a print server, servers and I do
>> not have a good history :(
>> Thanks,
>> A J
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