On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:09:31PM -0600, Jacob S wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:41:00 -0500
> > > > network currently runs through a smc2404wbr wireless (802.11b) router > > (which I confess doesn't work all that well). I'm looking for > > something that would make one or, preferably, both the printers > > accessible directly over the net, and that isn't a huge pain to make > > work with the debian boxes (I've had some difficulty with shared > > printers over SAMBA at work, tho I think that's partly the fault of > > the Windoze admins there). both these printers accept parallel port > > and USB 1.1/2.0 connections, so either mode would be fine, tho I guess > > usb 2.0 would be best. I'd also be willing to pay out a few more > > bucks for a combination wireless router/ print server, since our > > router kinda sucks. > > I'm too cheap to buy hardware just for a print server around the house, > so I've setup my Debian box to do the job. Using cups, netatalk and > samba, all the Debian, Mac OS X and windows 98 machines in my house are > able to print. It works great for me. that sounds great. but I'd kinda rather not have the debian desktop turned ON all the time -- it's a bit powerhungry and kinda loud. Will keep this in mind as a possible solution, though. thx! mat > > Recently, due to some interesting circumstances (unrelated to hardware > and software) we had to move the printer to the Windows machine, instead > of being connected directly to my Debian box. No problem - I just edited > the printer in cups on my machine, after setting up the printer on the > Windows machine and now all the Linux machines and OS X can print again. > Only 2 machines had to be configured to restore all the printing - the > windows machine and the print server. that is pretty cool, actually. m -------------------------- .''`. Matt Price : :' : Debian User `. `'` & hemi-geek `- -------------------------- if you're an evil spambot, these addresses are for you: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]