I have looked into the manual and this print server box behaves as a
remote machine with LPD running on it and a queue called "lpt1". So you
simply proceed as described on
http://mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups3.html#lpdsrv
You set up a CUPS queue as described on this web page on one machine of
your network. This queue is broadcasted to the other machines, so that
you do not need to set it up on all machines. You enter the IP address
of your print server as the server name and "lpt1" as the name of the
remote LPD queue. As driver you choose the same as you have used before
as the printer was directly connected to your computer. The
configuration of the printer is then the same as before.
You can configure the print server box by accessing its web interface.
Go simply to
http://IP of your server/
and you have access to all functionality of the box.
Happy printing.
Till
Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
Hello experts (especially Till),
I've got a small network at home running multiple OS's and I've been
considering buying the Axis 1440 print server to attach to my Epson printer.
It's a small device that attaches directly to the parallel port and then to
your hub/switch or whatever and has it's own ip address. There are drivers
available for Windows and Macintosh and it says that it supports Unix also.
What I'm wondering is if I can use cups with the setup or do I need to work
something else out? With all the great work that Till has done for printer
drivers for my epson 860, I hate to have to back to some generic driver that
looks like crap!
Here's the web address for the pdf document from epson about setting this up
under unix if it helps:
http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/c1440a/c1440au1.pdf
page 63 deals with unix (section 8)
Thanks in advance,
Mike
Mike Tracy Holt
Kirkland, WA
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