Use a printer or printserver with an ethernet port. HP jetdirect or similar work great. I also use a NoName box with 1xTCP/IP and 3xLPT ports for about $100. Assign an hostentry ( dnj755cm, dj2000c,...) within the e-smith-manager for your Printserver outside the range of your DHCP range. For DHCP I use 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.99. The Printservers get a fixed address 192.168.1.200 ,192.168.1.190 etc.
The best way to configure a HP printserver is, to connect the box first to a standalone maschine via a crossovercable. Use telnet or your browser to get into the configuration menu of the printserver ( depends on the software of the server) . Configure the printserver to use DHCP, assign the box an IP number ( 192.168.1.200 ) and set the hostname entry to a well known name ( dnj755cm, dj2000c,...),
you can also specify the gateway-address ( 192.168.1.1)..
Save the settings !
Now your are ready to connect the PrtSrv to your network, watch /var/log/messages to see the DHCP request. Ping the PrtSrv with the assigned IP-address and ping the PrtSrv with the hostname ( ping 192.168.1.200 and try also ping dnj755cm ).
The next step is to create an printer entry within the e-smith-manager.
Printer name : hpdnj755cm
Brief description: HP 755cm Plotter at my office
Location: networkprinter
Hostname or IP address of network printer: dnj755cm
Network printer name : raw ( for my NoName box LPT1=lp1, LPT2=lp2,...)
SAVE the settings.
Install the print drivers on your clint-maschines and connect them with the the network path to your PrtSrv.
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