On 20 October 2014 17:24, Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> wrote: > One of today's tasks is to move a big HP laser printer off the > unreliable parallel port on my desktop Linux PC because the HP printer > driver keeps locking up the PC and forcing me to reboot, and onto the > network for faster and more reliable printing. The NetGear WiFi port > mentioned earlier would be easier than pulling cat5 into my office. I > should see if that'll work.
Completely off-topic, but my solution has been to run CUPS on a Raspberry Pi with a Wifi dongle. That gives me an easily-discovered Wifi printer. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users