RE: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-29 Thread Dexter Graphic
Netgear makes a 2 port and a 3 port 10/100 printserver. http://www.buynetgear.com/product.asp?sku=1015044 http://www.buynetgear.com/product.asp?sku=1634663 They sell for around $100 and $125 respectively. http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/outpdir.jsp?doSearch=ysearch=netgear_print_server I

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-29 Thread Bob Miller
Cory Petkovsek wrote: [...] the clients connect to a real server, which spools to the jet direct printers. At any time I can reconfigure the real server to point to different terminal print servers without modifying the clients. That's an excellent point, and a good reason (IMO) why I might

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-28 Thread Linux Rocks !
I know someone with a HP 1600CM printer with a deskjet in it... She's considering wether to spend $160 for ink cartriges ($40 each,), or just get a new printer... make me an offer she maybe happy to sell it. Jamie On Wednesday 27 November 2002 11:32 pm, Dexter Graphic wrote: : If I go the hp

RE: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-28 Thread Tony Newman
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 23:32:57 -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: If I go the hp jetdirect route, it looks like the 300x is the model I would get. Here are the specs: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/un/WF06/18972-236253-64302-34214-27316-13138-13139.html I checked around, and the jetdirect 300x

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-28 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 02:21:52PM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: Does anyone have experience running an HP DeskJet off a network printserver device from a Linux workstation? I'm wondering if it works and how well. What brand of print server would you recommend? Does it need to be an HP

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Cory Petkovsek
use a jetdirect. It will support jetdirect printing on port 9100 or standard lpd printing on port 515. The latter is what you'd use for standard unix or windows nt printing. Get one off of ebay for $100 or so. Cory Does anyone have experience running an HP DeskJet off a network printserver

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Ben Barrett
Confused: isn't the linux workstation the ideal network printserver? Why would you buy something else, unless you didn't want to rely on the workstation for that purpose, of course... ? I use a HP LaserJet 4050N here at the office, and am lucky 'cuz it is network-connected with its own ether.

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Cory Petkovsek
use a jetdirect. It will support jetdirect printing on port 9100 or standard lpd printing on port 515. The latter is what you'd use for standard unix or windows nt printing. Get one off of ebay for $100 or so. Cory Does anyone have experience running an HP DeskJet off a network printserver

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Cory Petkovsek
Dear Confused, I have laser printers spread throughout my more than 40,000 square foot building. However I have all of my servers sitting in one room in the center. I'm not about to run even one IEEE 1284 cable 100ft out to each of those printers so they can be wired to the ideal network

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Ben Barrett
Dear Right On Your Money, You have a big office/building/space, woot. Why are you using IEEE 1284 at all? Does an organization with that much floor space have so many made-for-the-desktop printers and not enough made-for-network printers? (These are rhetorical; I don't assume that any

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Cory Petkovsek
Ben and Dexter, here were the specs: Does anyone have: 1) experience 2) ..running an HP DeskJet off a network print server device 3) ..from a Linux workstation? My objective is: 4) to be able to print from any computer on my home network. Given: Right now the printer is attached to my

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 03:21:12PM -0800, Cory Petkovsek wrote: Dear Confused, I have laser printers spread throughout my more than 40,000 square foot building. However I have all of my servers sitting in one room in the center. I'm not about to run even one IEEE 1284 cable 100ft out to each

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Bob Crandell
Almost any of the print servers will work now a days and you are looking at about $100.00 or less new and used To use Linux as the print server with a Windoze 9x workstation, you will need to setup Samba or Mars_NWE. They are both pretty easy when it's just simple file and print sharing. With

Re: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread dsoper
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 02:21:52PM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: Does anyone have experience running an HP DeskJet off a network printserver device from a Linux workstation? I'm wondering if it works and how well. What brand of print server would you recommend? Does it need to be an HP

RE: [Eug-lug]Print Server Experience

2002-11-27 Thread Dexter Graphic
If I go the hp jetdirect route, it looks like the 300x is the model I would get. Here are the specs: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/un/WF06/18972-236253-64302-34214-27316-13138-13139.html I checked around, and the jetdirect 300x sells for around $250 plus shipping. Here are two suppliers