[SATLUG] Printing on home network

[Albert W Lochli]

Generally you would use a print server and assign the printer an URL
in your local network. The printer or print server memory would be
the limit on your buffer.  You would need some sort of DHCP server
running.
At present I network 3 printers but hand each one off of a computer.
This uses computer headspace but is less costly than a print server
which run $125-$250 each.  There is a linksys type router (another
brand)
which I have seen at ALTEC which itself included a print server as
well as
WAN and 4 slots and a DHCP server inside, but I have not tried THAT
one
out.  You could also configure a linix server as a print server and
attach
more than one server to it, establish print buffer and all. You could 
even add a card with LPT2 and LPT3 et al aboard. Or more even.
Again there is hardware expense and configuration time...  
 you could establish some large printer buffers on disk via this
method.

Generally the printers are hung on individual computers and "shared
out".
This is a cost effective method unless you are supporting a larger
group with few printer.

Brad wrote:
> 
>   This is my first post so please be gentle. How would you hook a
> printer directly into a router. I know it is obvious, but I am not
> seeing it. I just got started on Linux and these posts have so far been
> invaluable.
> 
> Chuck wrote:
> 
> >Funny coincidence...  I've just worked on someone's network with a Barricade
> >router on it.  I have the manual in PDF format and will send it directly to
> >you.
> >
> >There isn't a queue on the router.  It just shares the printer out via MS
> >Networking just like you would with the printer hooked to a Winders
> >computer.  Set up the printer and sharing in the router's configuration
> >using the web interface built into the Barricade.  Then, set the computers
> >to use that printer.
> >
> >The manual for the Barricade has detailed instructions for configuring a
> >Win95/98/ME/2000 machine to access the printer and a separate set of
> >detailed instructions for configuring WinNT.  BUT! (you'll love this), when
> >it comes to Unix -- the instructions are: "Follow the traditional
> >configuration procedure on Unix platforms to set up the Barricade print
> >server. The printer name is "lpt1."".  How's that for nice, detailed
> >instructions???
> >
> >Anyway, what you have to do is set your Linux system to use Samba to access
> >this printer.  Last time I did this was a couple years ago and I don't
> >remember specific instructions.  But the Samba and Printing HOW-TO's should
> >have instructions for setting up Samba to access a Windows shared printer.
> >Just follow that and point the print services towards the router.
> >
> >Let us know how it goes buddy.
> >
> >Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: satlug-admin at satlug.org [mailto:satlug-admin at satlug.org]On Behalf
> >Of Karl.Kutac at siriuscom.com
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:45 PM
> >To: satlug at satlug.org
> >Subject: [SATLUG] Printing on home network
> >
> >
> >Hi. More newbie admin questions. I have a desktop RH7.3 box attached to an
> >SMC Barricade router (and the router is attached to the RoadRunner cable
> >modem). My printer, an NEC 950C (inkjet) is attached to the router, too. A
> >common enough arrangement, I'm sure. Question: how do I configure
> >printconf, or printtool? It would be a remote printer, yes? Yet when I put
> >in the IP address of the router, it doesn't print. Is anyone familiar with
> >the SMC Barricade vis a vis Linux? Is there a specific virtual server port
> >that needs to be set up? What confuses me more than anything is that there
> >can't be any queue on a router, so surely print jobs need to be sent to my
> >desktop machine, so that lpd can handle it; how will the lpd know where to
> >send the print jobs?
> >(btw, can't directly attach printer via lpt0 because two other computers
> >live on the network, a w98 box and at times a laptop running either RH or
> >win2k.)
> >-- Karl Kutac
> >
> >
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