I like this... Added to the LPRng HOWTO
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com)
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 26 10:01:22 2001
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:54:33 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Jeremy A. Mates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Centralized vs. distributed printing
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > We have about 25 linux nodes and 8 windows, and we think that a
> > centralized printing system (using samba for the windows nodes) might
> > be the best solution for us, but we are not really sure, so we ask for
> > any suggestion, opinion, comment, etc.
>
> To reduce central node downtime, I added a DNS CNAME "print" which can be
> pointed at whatever machine happens to be running the LPRng server. This
> also simplifies the client LPRng printcap files we distribute, as they all
> reference the CNAME.
>
> For the Samba folks, I added a Samba server on the print server showing a
> "Print" share as a NetBIOS alias, so that we can move the Samba print
> server around without them knowing. If your print server already has a
> Samba share as a different name, you can use the "netbios aliases"
> parameter as well as an include %L line to create a virtual netbios server
> under the name Print.
>
> Another thing to do is to configure a standby central print server, so you
> have a new target for the CNAME/Print Share should the first one die.
> Just make sure your access lists reflect this ahead of time...
>
> (This can also be done by IP address if you lack that sort of control over
> your DNS, or can be done with fancy network routing protocols, etc.)
>
> --
> Jeremy Mates http://www.sial.org/
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