On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:07:06AM +0100, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > Personally I never saw the point of print servers, but there might be > environments which make them usefull otherwise they would not be > around.
They are a big benefit in non-trivial situations, or even at home if you have more than one printer or have non-PostScript printers. It makes things a lot easier. www.cups.org is worth a look even if you don't plan to use it. It solves a large number of problems with the current mess of wheel reinvention that goes on with printing. Apple has chosen it for it's standard printing system now. They aren't likely to provide IPP drivers for old MacOS though, just OS/X. It would be nice if someone would write a MacOS 6-9 driver for doing IPP protocol. Then vintage Macs could use what is fast becoming an industry standard print system. Anyone know how hard it is to write print drivers for MacOS? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
