Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-19 Thread Paul G Rogers
>You may want to first confirm if the P2015 is capable of >running off a print server. Some of the lower HP printers >require being hooked directly to a Windows PC in order for No, there are drivers for Linux. I run my HP DeskJet 820Cse "Winprinter" on Linux. He'd need the pnm2ppa package. Get

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "You don't need me to tell you that shouldn't run a print server on >> a router." >> >> Am I missing something, again? Just "security". > >The traditional view is that a firewall is so important to the >network, you cannot have it screw up. May I add: 1)the more stuff you have on a firew

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-19 Thread Hillel Seltzer
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:22:09 -0400, Andrew Haninger wrote > "You don't need me to tell you that shouldn't run a print server on > a router." > > Am I missing something, again? > The traditional view is that a firewall is so important to the network, you cannot have it screw up. Making it do

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-18 Thread Andrew Haninger
On 10/18/07, Hillel Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The P2015 looks like it can take straight > PCL and Postscript, but you had better make sure. Well, I'm not planning on making a purchase for a couple months (the $100 rebate expires Jan 1, 2008), so I can't test in real life, but from HP's w

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-18 Thread Hillel Seltzer
You may want to first confirm if the P2015 is capable of running off a print server. Some of the lower HP printers require being hooked directly to a Windows PC in order for the drivers to work. The P2015 looks like it can take straight PCL and Postscript, but you had better make sure. If it ca

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-18 Thread Erich Titl
Joep J.L. Blom wrote: > Andy, > To overcome the space restrictions, use your floppy only to bootstrap > load LEAF and use an USB-stick for all the packages. You can even use it > for temporary files of any program. > Erich, USB-sticks are easier to manage than flash-disks (in my opinion) > and onl

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-18 Thread J.L. Blom
Andy, To overcome the space restrictions, use your floppy only to bootstrap load LEAF and use an USB-stick for all the packages. You can even use it for temporary files of any program. Erich, USB-sticks are easier to manage than flash-disks (in my opinion) and only systems from before 1998 don't ha

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-17 Thread Andrew Haninger
On 10/18/07, Erich Titl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am about to build CUPS, but it will take some more time to fit it in a > LEAF system due to memory restrictions. I am looking at flash disks for > print job and CUPS library storage and this needs some tweaking on the > set up. Excellent! Fitt

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-17 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Andrew Haninger wrote: > Hello. > .. > Browsing the available packages on the LEAF site says that there > aren't any packages available to do this (no CUPS, no LPR, etc). Am I > overlooking something? Has anyone done this before? > I am about to build CUPS, but it will take some more time to

[leaf-user] LEAF Print Server

2007-10-17 Thread Andrew Haninger
Hello. I'm running a LEAF uClibc Bering 3.0 system currently to do simple Internet connection sharing with a couple PCs on my network. I'm in the market for a printer and rather than paying the extra money for a hardware print server, I'd like to see if I can make my LEAF box handle my printer sha