Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 14:13:12 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: worldly BSD <worldlybsd@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using FreeBSD as a printer server Message-ID: <00070114141902.03614@dannyh.freebsd.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006301158560.80954-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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Use Apsfilter to setup your printer install apsfilter from the ports then start up your lpd deamon in the startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d lpr whaterver.ps to print On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > "samba" can offer Windows print services, you can find it in > > the port collection. afaik HP Laserjets will provide lpd like > > services, it is a bit tricky to configure but I've done it > > before, just be persistant and you ought to be able to get > > it working. > > If the Laserjets are HP4+ or later and have the network I/O cards, there's > nothing tricky about them. Some of the earlier ones had a few quirks, > though. > > In fact, it was easy enough that when my Cannon 8sx (HPIII clone, same > mechanics, slightly different electronics, got it used 5 years ago) > finally died, I picked up an HP2100NT as my home printer. For $875 I got > a PS-aware printer that connected to the network via 10BaseT, 1200dpi > and/or 10ppm, 500 sheet bin capacity, that both FreeBSD and Win9X can > print directly to without needing a print server :-) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- You are not authorized to use my email address for any purpose. This is a violation of my privacy. Remove my email address from your databases immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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