"Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote:
> I am currently looking to purchase a printer that will sit on my
> winblows box (for my son) and have the ability to print to it from linux
> (using samba).
Perfectly workable, but consider an alternative.
You could use a "print server". This is a little box that
has ethernet input, and has parallel printer port output.
Most support Windows and UNIX LPR printing. It has some
advantages over your setup. The main one being that if your
Son's computer is off, or crashed, or running a DOS game,
etc you cannot print from your Linux computer.
These little print servers run in the $80 and up range, and
some are not much bigger than an oversized parallel connector.
They come with software for Windows. LPR printing is native
to Unix so you need nothing there.
Just to suggest that you look into it.
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