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Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:03:22 PDT
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Print Servers (SMC)

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Steve Carter replied to me:

> I did a google search on lpr printing and one of the
> sites I stumbled across gave me:

> source:
http://www-6.ibm.com/jp/printer/download/driver/lprreadme.txt
> README File for the IBM LPR Remote Printing Client 4 March
1998

> source:
http://www-6.ibm.com/jp/printer/download/driver/INSTLPR.EXE

The latter URL is 404'd. Other places to look for it ?

> I've got two computers, two print servers and two printers,
possibly
> adding one more printer, when and if. One laser and one color
inkjet
> sounds about right.

> With a multi-port print server, like the HP 300, you could have
one
> print server and three printers. But with the cheapies I've
got,
> it's one for one.

> More ethernet cable is all that I required. The SMC's 4-port
switch
> is enough for two computers and two printers. Since the print
server
> takes over the parallel port input to the printer, I don't know
how
> to share, unless some kind of parallel-port switch might work
-- a
> kludge I've avoided.

Sounds like the SMC won't suffice for the 2 workstation, 2
printer,
all-sharing situation I described. Maybe I'd be better off
getting
them a separate multi-port print-server box. But it seems as
though
the add-on piece of s/w will be necessary also. If the SMC cd
comes
with the print server for Win-9x, is that going to be proprietary
&
only for the SMC box ? Do I need a separate print server utility
(driver)
for each workstation ?

> Each could conceivably have its own lpr program in Windoze,
> because 'doze 9x doesn't come with it, you have to add it.

Was that the IBM-Japan download you tried to steer me towards ?

> If you really need to print to the parallel port, you can do a
quick
> hardware connector swap. A nuisance, but not all that hard if
> you're motivated.

No, this setup isn't for me, but rather for some *extremely* non-

technical users. Anything I put in there really should be
simple,
transparent, and bullet-proof.

Jordan

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