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Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:56:35 PDT
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Print Servers (SMC)

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Dave Watson wrote:
>

> I've made do with switches. I have one set with 2 computers and 2
> printers with a 4-port parallel switch that flips each printer between
> the two PCs. Easy if you're near the switch.
>
> I was looking at a device recently that plus into the centronics on a
> parallel port printer and into an RG45. Anybody had any
> experience with this?

Yes. Both Steve Carter and I have what you describe as the print server on our C20 printers. Works
fine here.

Make sure to get one that runs tcp/ip and, just as important, sets up with a web browser. That way
you will not have to fire up a Windows machine to do the configuring. Or as is the case with the one
that came with my C20, telnet into it. This is tricky unless you have a DHCP server to get an initial
address so one can change to a fixed address for the printer object in OS/2. Fortunately my SMC
router/firewall has a DHCP server built in.

Sheridan

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