RE: [seul-edu] Samba and printing

["Culp, David" <CulpD@cfbisd.edu>]

Thats what I was thinking also.....why??????   Maybe he meant Laser Jet and
each printer would have its own IP address.

David Culp

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Kolb [SMTP:dankolb@ox.compsoc.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 17, 2000 3:34 PM
> To:	seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject:	Re: [seul-edu] Samba and printing
> 
> "Culp, David" wrote:
> > 
> > Wow, our school sys admin is thinking of using Linux in a server role at
> our
> > school and asked me a few questions.  Unfortunatly I could not give him
> a
> > definite answer.  Here is the situation: He wants a print server.  Each
> > teacher (over 60) will be getting an HP deskjet printer.  He wants the
> Linux
> > box to act as a print spooler for all 60 printers.  Basically when a
> teacher
> > wants to print it gets spooled on the Linux box and printed to the
> correct
> > printer.  Dont ask me why he wants to do it this way, but he does.  I
> use
> > Samba at home on my small network but the set up is a bit different then
> he
> > is proposing. Can Samba do this?????
> 
> Er, that's not quite the point. If they're deskjet printers, they're
> only going to have parallel ports. You're *not* going to get 60 LPT
> ports into any Linux box. I think it's possible to get network->parallel
> port converters from HP, but they cost lots of money. Then it's easy
> enough to get Samba to print to the appropriate IP address (printer).
> If each teacher is going to get their own printer, why not just connect
> it directly to their box?
> It really comes down to, it's not a limitation of Samba, but a physical
> limitation of almost any computer (huge mainframes might work <g>).
> 
> Dan
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