Re: network print server

2003-01-12 Thread Roland Wegmann
Michael West wrote: I have been using samba as a print server at home, but I am often mucking around on my debian box, and sometimes this results in my wife not being able to print. To increase user satisfaction I am considering purchasing one of these dedicated print server

Re: network print server

2003-01-12 Thread Michael West
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:00:41PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > a print server should never go down ... if not being able to print > at any time is not acceptable, then > - put the printer on the gw or the mail server... > ( a machine that presumably doesn't go down ) > because if th

Re: network print server

2003-01-12 Thread Mike Egglestone
Quoting Michael West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I am looking for recommendation as to where to research what would > work best. I couldn't find anything at linuxprinting.org on this. Hi, I like to grab an old P100 or 486 from somewhere, clean off the dust and make it a dedicated prin

Re: network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Mike Dresser wrote: > Yes, that's what I have in my printcap here. His comment was that > sometimes he's doing thingson his debian machine, and it's > unreachable/unusable for his wife to use, therefore he wants dedicated > hardware. a print server should never go do

Re: network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Mike Dresser wrote: > > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Michael West wrote: > > > > > I have been using samba as a print server at home, but > > > I am often mucking around on my debian box, and sometimes this > > > results in my w

Re: network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya michael On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Michael West wrote: > I did not mean that I am having trouble configuring samba/lpd. I > enjoy configuring printcap files myself, and like to make physical > printer appear as as many logical printers as possible. yupp... ( or network printer

Re: network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Michael West wrote: > > > I have been using samba as a print server at home, but > > I am often mucking around on my debian box, and sometimes this > > results in my wife not being able to print. i assume the machin

Re: network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Neal Lippman
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 21:21, Michael West wrote: > I have been using samba as a print server at home, but > I am often mucking around on my debian box, and sometimes this > results in my wife not being able to print. > > To increase user satisfaction I am considering purchasin

Re: network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Michael West wrote: > I have been using samba as a print server at home, but > I am often mucking around on my debian box, and sometimes this > results in my wife not being able to print. > > To increase user satisfaction I am considering purchasing one of

network print server

2003-01-11 Thread Michael West
I have been using samba as a print server at home, but I am often mucking around on my debian box, and sometimes this results in my wife not being able to print. To increase user satisfaction I am considering purchasing one of these dedicated print server appliances which