Quoting Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Would you know of a solution that will enable a computer to print to
> multiple printers at the same time? What hardware and software are
> needed?
I am not sure what you want to do:
1. Do you want your computer to be able to use several printers, possibly
printing a different document on each printer? If this is the case
then you do not need to do anything special. You just need to hook up
your printers to print servers (normal linux boxes will do, but those
cute HP print servers are quite versatile and requires little
maintenance after they are set up.). Then you need to declare those
print servers as remote printers in your /etc/printcap.
2. Do you want your computer to use several printers for the purpose
of printing multiple copies of the same document? Then just set up
the printers as in (1) above, and use a script like
for printer in p1 p2 p3 p4; do
cat yourdocument | lpr -P${printer}
done
Better still, just print on one printer but use multiple copy forms.
However, multiple copy forms don't work with the present crop of
inkjet and laserjet printers, so you are back to solution (2).
PMana
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