RE: Freebsd Print Server

From: Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm_at_toybox.placo.com)
Date: 06/22/05

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    To: "Lord Raiden" <me@raiden.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
    Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:03:54 -0700
    
    

    Before spending a lot of time on this check out prices for
    hardware USB print servers. It's a lot easier to LPR from a
    FreeBD system to one of these, than to deal with the USB
    device right on the server itself. And these print servers
    will accept printing in all kinds of protocols, LPR, IPP,
    SMB, etc. etc. so very easy to share the printer with the 'doze
    boxen.

    Ted

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Lord Raiden
    >Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:32 PM
    >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    >Subject: Freebsd Print Server
    >
    >
    > Hi all. I'm building a Freebsd 5.3 based mini-itx
    >file server on
    >my network here and I'd like to also turn it into a print
    >server. Thing
    >is, I've got an HP Deskjet 842c printer that connects via USB
    >that is my
    >printer. It's not lan capable which kinda complicates things.
    >THEREFORE,
    >I'd like to connect it via USB to the new file server, then set
    >it up to do
    >printing for the whole network. Now, my questions are this.
    >
    >1. What do I need to do to set this up on the file server? Heck, if
    >someone's got a tutorial somewhere on setting up a print server using
    >freebsd and can tell me what special configs I need to make my usb
    >connected HP printer work off it, that'd be awesome.
    >
    >2. What do I need to do to get my freebsd workstation to print
    >to it? To
    >date I haven't gotten around to configuring printing on the Freebsd
    >Workstation (it's running 4.10) yet, so I think it's time I did
    >that. Again, a tutorial would be welcome.
    >
    >3. What do I have to do special, if anything, to allow my
    >windows machines
    >to print to the printer via the print/file server on the network? I'm
    >running both 98se and WinXP Pro on them.
    >
    > Sorry to bug you guys with something so trivial, but
    >google wasn't
    >being friendly to me with this subject, so I'm coming to you guys
    >next. Thanks in advance for any answers. :D
    >
    >
    >
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