FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, The network card on my HP 4300 is definitely dead. All I am left with is a... parallel port! But the printer is still working fine, printing fast and in good quality. I don't want to invest in a new network card though, while I have a bunchg of old systems lying around. Solutions are: 1)

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:20:35 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: 2) I find a solution to bridge the parallel port and the ethernet port. This is more exciting and I keep the quota and spooling on the original print server. There are very cheap network

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:59:52 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:20:35 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: 2) I find a solution to bridge the parallel port and the ethernet port. This is more exciting and I keep the quota and spooling on

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Olivier Nicole
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:59:52 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:20:35 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: 2) I find a solution to bridge the parallel port and the ethernet

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:10:13 +0700 Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: I am digging along the line of netgraph, but ther eis no netgraph for parallel port :( If there was it would be a connection to a PLIP network - actually I'd be surprised if there wasn't. -- Steve

RE: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Graeme Dargie
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Nicole Sent: 25 October 2012 10:21 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server Hi, The network card on my HP 4300

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Olivier Nicole wrote: The network card on my HP 4300 is definitely dead. All I am left with is a... parallel port! Just for clarity, is that the good kind of HP 4300, a laser printer, or the other kind, a multifunction inkjet? But the printer is still working fine,

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi Graeme, You might be able to dig up a network to parallel port jet direct box fairly cheap from a well known auction site. Yes, but shipment to Thailand is like 4 times the price of the card :( Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread Olivier Nicole
HI Warren The network card on my HP 4300 is definitely dead. All I am left with is a... parallel port! Just for clarity, is that the good kind of HP 4300, a laser printer, or the other kind, a multifunction inkjet? That's a good old fashioned HP LaserJet 4300 dt(n) (it has lost the n with

Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server

2012-10-25 Thread RW
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:20:35 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, The network card on my HP 4300 is definitely dead. I don't want to invest in a new network card though, while I have a bunchg of old systems lying around. Have you considered the cost of powering an additional computer?