Rick, I was going to suggest the same thing, but i saw this part of the original message:
"I would like to have the printer accessed by any pc and not be reliant on keeping a pc running just so others can print." So that kind of threw out a cups machine. On 8/12/05, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/11/05, Steven Klund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey folks! > > > > First, to all who post here, thank you so much for the knowledge you > > share. I rely on this venue for good information. > > Now, on to my qufestion.......... > > > > I have 4 linux machines and 1 win laptop. I would like to set up an > > older HP printer for all to use, via a print server attached to my > > router. > > I had a Seimens 2 port router with print server, but it has died. Does > > anyone have an old print server (parallel port) that could use a good > > home? I jsut do not have the cash flow to spend a lot. My network is > > between 3 rooms in my house and the laptop is a part time machine. I > > would like to have the printer accessed by any pc and not be reliant on > > keeping a pc running just so others can print. > > If anyone can help, please let me know > > Have you considered just hooking the printer directly to one of the > Linux machines and sharing it via CUPS? The windows machine can use > it via a url something like: > > http://x/printers/y:631 > > where x is the network address of the linux server and y is the cups > printer name. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
