On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 22:35, Greg wrote:

> Hi Everyone   I need help to set  up my 9.0 box to printer to my printer server on 
> my lan  The windows Machines can print to it using prt local port  The print server 
> is a Barricade router with the print server built in
> I have tried but I can not get it to woth with Linux  My printer is a HP 600c
> Any one have any ideas  Thanks  Greg

Hi, Greg,

I use an Intel NetportExpress 10/100 print server, so maybe I can help
you. I am not familiar with the Barricade router, but have seen such
devices advertised locally and on the Web.

My print server can be statically addressed or get its IP through a DHCP
server through a local LAN. Since yours is also a touter, I suspect that
you must statically address your router? Whatever that IP address is
(say 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, etc.), you can either use that IP as
the name of your LPD server, or if your router allows such, give a name
to the device (mine's 'gateway'). If you name it, and you are not using
local DHCP, WINS support through Samba-winbind, you will need to enter
its IP and name in 'hosts' to be sure that it gets resolved. Check with
your manual to see if there is a 'queue' name for the LPT port on the
router. You will need this, as well. So, here's how I would set-up my
printers using my device under and LPD/UNIX print server in Linux:

Queue Name: eps1550 (I have an Epson ActionLaser 1500...old timer)
Queue Type
Server: print (I could have used its static IP - 192.168.1.51)
Queue: lpt1_passthru (I have two LPT ports and one serial.
lpt1_passthru, lpt2_pathru, etc.)

Then select your appropriate driver for the printer. 

The set-up is similar under all distros.

Does this help any?

T



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