On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 11:56, R Ransbottom wrote: > I starting to do an upgrade on a small network of > debian systems. Moving from 1.3 to 3.0. > > It seems like time to replace lpr with CUPS.
I have been having quite a lot of fun hacking on cups lately, it's good stuff. > I am having a problem getting a handle on CUPS. > Oh, I have set up single systems with attached printers > without problems. I have never seen any setup > of networked printers except via lpr. > > I have a couple of LaserJet 6L's and LJ 4000's that > I'd like to connect to the LAN via NetGear PS101 Mini > Printer Servers. I am starting with one LJ 6L. 6L's > don't do postscript, LJ4000's do. > > Specific questions: > > What "Device" to use for a free standing printer, > http, ipp, lpd/lpr? Most hardware print servers, (jetdirect-style boxes) work well as lpd servers, that's how I have had cups communicating with my 80+ printers for a while now. Out of curiosity though, why go with an external print server when those printers can all use internal JetDirects? > If lpd/lpr, how do you construct a URI for such > a printer? lpd://ip.address.of.printer/ > Do I want 10 desktop machines to directly talk to > a LJ4000 or have an intermediary host be their > server? I would go for having a server. If they are linux desktops, configuration is as simple as editing /etc/cups/client.conf and setting ServerName server.ip.address, if they are windows systems, cups+samba works nicely. -- Mark Roach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
