FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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) I set-up a small FreeBSD box, with printer spooler, and all my quota stuff; 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. Any cue for the option 2? Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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 print servers available, finding one with parallel might be harder. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith at...@sohara.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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 the original print server. There are very cheap network print servers available, finding one with parallel might be harder. I have one of them here: Cisco Systems Linksys Wireless-G printserver for USB 2.0, model no. WPS54GU2: parallel, USB, network and antenna. :-) In worst case, using a PC-based server to expose the system's lpr (with attached printer filter to parallel port, e. g. via apsfilter, CUPS, or simply PS without anything else) should be no problem. It would then appear on the network to be used as lpr to IP address, just as the original printer would have been. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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 port. This is more exciting and I keep the quota and spooling on the original print server. There are very cheap network print servers available, finding one with parallel might be harder. I have one of them here: Cisco Systems Linksys Wireless-G printserver for USB 2.0, model no. WPS54GU2: parallel, USB, network and antenna. :-) In worst case, using a PC-based server to expose the system's lpr (with attached printer filter to parallel port, e. g. via apsfilter, CUPS, or simply PS without anything else) should be no problem. It would then appear on the network to be used as lpr to IP address, just as the original printer would have been. Not exactly, as I was not using PS (tcp port 515) to connect to the printer, but telnet to port 9100, that is bi-directional and where I can read the page count. I am digging along the line of netgraph, but ther eis no netgraph for parallel port :( Thank you, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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 O'Hara-Smith at...@sohara.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
-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 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) I set-up a small FreeBSD box, with printer spooler, and all my quota stuff; 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. Any cue for the option 2? Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org You might be able to dig up a network to parallel port jet direct box fairly cheap from a well known auction site. Regards Graeme ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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, 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) I set-up a small FreeBSD box, with printer spooler, and all my quota stuff; 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. Any cue for the option 2? Without a way to reprogram the firmware in the printer, you'll have to use a server on a computer. lpd(8) works, but your later post says you want to use port 9100. It should be possible to use something like nc(1) to receive raw data on port 9100 and just dump it to the parallel port. There will be little or no error handling. Finding an EIO JetDirect would be better, if it is the right kind of printer. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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 list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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 the network ability). 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) I set-up a small FreeBSD box, with printer spooler, and all my quota stuff; 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. Any cue for the option 2? Without a way to reprogram the firmware in the printer, you'll have to use a server on a computer. lpd(8) works, but your later post says you want to use port 9100. It should be possible to use something like nc(1) to receive raw data on port 9100 and just dump it to the parallel port. There will be little or no error handling. Thanks, that is what I am looking for. Best regards, Olivier Finding an EIO JetDirect would be better, if it is the right kind of printer. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server
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? If you plan on leaving it on most of the day, it's likely to be more expensive than replacing the network card. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
