I am using a HP JetDirect printserver driving a HP 895cse
printer. RedHat natively talks to it using a built in config
option in print setup. We have several RH, SuSE machines
at home printing to it. XP will print to it if you set it up
(counter-intuitively) as a LOCAL printer and then specify
the IP and port number (9100) of the JetDirect. In this
case, installing LPD/LPR is not needed.
Getting the JetDirect has made my printing life so much
easier.
- Bob 2005-02-13 at 0410 est
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Buehler" <swbuehler@gmail.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 21:34
Subject: Re: [SLUG] share USB printer
> In Windows XP there is an add-on that you have to install separately
> called "Print Services for UNIX". It provides an LPD/LPR service in
> Windows so you can use linux-style print queues. It's much easier to
> work with than Samba. It shows up in the services list as "TCP/IP
> Print Server" or something like that.
>
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> On Feb 12, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Robert Snyder wrote:
>
> > I actually have not had a problem with samba printer queues, maybe
I
> > am just lucky. Windows XP Box with Epson R300m(photo stylus)
> > shared on network. OSX picks up on it just fine. NEC 870 Super
Script
> > and a HP 3600 inkjet on this other machine
> > Window/Linux/Beos/Freebsd shared all with samba. each one gets
alot
> > of printing depending on what I am doing. No problems. But
spliting
> > off the one usb printer to 3 others machines via usb is not the
> > smartest thing if your not the only one using the machines. All
that
> > will do is confuse the printer if two print jobs from two different
> > machines come in at apoximate the same time.
> > So bottom line what I was saying is share the printers somehow via
smb
> > or what ever else is out there and save alot of hassle and money on
> > usb cables.
> >
> >
> >
> > Steven Buehler wrote:
> >
> >> 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).
> >>
> >> Steven Buehler | swbuehler@yahoo.com/steven@sanctuaryweb.org
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> >> On Feb 12, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Robert Snyder wrote:
> >>
> >>> A2L1 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 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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