[Novalug] print server boilerplate??

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Sun Jun 17 16:29:29 EDT 2007


Save yourself the trouble, go buy a small dedicated print server, like one
from Hawking Tech, and share your printer(s) over ethernet.

I have a Hawking Tech PS12U, and it works great.

Jay

>
>  	Speaking of old pentium 2 machines ...
>
>  	The last couple of times I've tried to set up a print
> server -- and somebody has tried to walk me through it -- I've
> eventually gotten in over my eyeballs, and still don't have one.
>
>  	What's worse, printing when I do want to do it is the one
> thing that just seems to keep getting harder -- even though I
> make a point of buying HP, for linux compatibility.
>
>  	Is there a tutorial somewhere, explicit enough for the
> likes of me, that tells how to convert something like this old P2
> with Xubuntu into a print server for three to six machines, two
> of which (alas!) are on occasion booted to XP?
>
>  	I'm hoping I may have learned enough since my last
> attempt to be able to follow such a thing ... <sigh>
>
> --
> Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Double Retiree,
> Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User, with precious
> (very precious) little idea where up is.
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