>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 9:13 pm, in message
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0601241647190.10723@pc.tampabay.rr.com>,
eben1@tampabay.rr.com
wrote:
> So I was thinking about implementing a print server for a couple XP
boxes on
> the LAN. Before the upgrade, I used W2K in VMware. I already had
VMware to
>
> run other stuff, so that was easy. Now, I've done a massive upgrade
(2.4 to
>
> 2.6, ~RH 8.5 to Ubuntu 5.10) and I'm pretty sure I'd have to re- buy
VMware
> (student price, but still count on $150). It was prettty flaky
before.
> Guaranteed to work, easy to set up.
>
> Then I figured, hey, I don't need to run VMware, I have a *real* W*
machine
> now; a physical print server would be trivially easy to set up, and
up all
> the time (VMware wasn't). What would that run, $80- $100 or so?
>
> Then, this thought came to me, maybe CUPS + Samba can do it, for
> free- as- in- beer. (Way back when, I used some pretend- you're- a-
Mac program
> to print to a a Deskjet 1200C [PostScript inkjet], which exported
itself on
> the LAN as a Laserwriter -- is that related?) Any chance this would
work?
> It's a Canon i560. The last time I checked (OK, several years ago),
it
> wasn't (easily?) handled by any Linux tools I could find, but I don't
know
> about now.
I simply run straight CUPS and print to it from everything. I can even
print to home from anywhere I'm travelling at the time. Nothing special,
just setup CUPS on my SLES9 box and my NLD/SUSE 10 box picks it up
automagically. I set it up manually on my wife's winblowed box. Works
like a champ and took 10 min to setup AND no need for opening up a can
of worms with file/print sharing in that silly windows box.
JP
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