I want to setup a linux box as a printer server

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darkmyth

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I have a hp deskjet 3820

I want to get a old machine and just boot the printer server software off of a floppy and not have a hdd in the machine. Is this possible, and if so can someone point me to a howto. I've looked and have found some with the print server program just on a floppy but not any good howto's or locations for the program.

thanks in advance
 
Uhhh... no spool?? You'll want a small harddrive for spooling the print data. Why else do a print server?
 
cjcox said:
Uhhh... no spool?? You'll want a small harddrive for spooling the print data. Why else do a print server?
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Alright i'll just find a small hdd for spooling. I've got 2 machines that i need to share the printer with, and I will be adding more machines as I go so.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1026146380#post1026146380

my lan is second from the end currently


also I could still use a tutorial or howto.
 
BriguyNJ said:
why not add the printer to the red hat server you currently have set up?
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I could do that but then there would be lagg on my default gateway.
 
Printing isn't a huge load, especially if the printer has a built-in hard drive. I wouldn't worry about it lagging your gateway. Just use samba and allow only your internal interface to access the [printers] share.

I would personally just get a printer with a NIC built-in or with the ability to add a NIC to it. It's much easier that way, there are even some printers nowadays that are wireless and use your local WiFi AP.
 
darkmyth said:
I could do that but then there would be lagg on my default gateway.
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I do not forsee lag being an enormous problem, and give kudos to RedHat for creating a simple and efficient printer interface. But in any production environment, I would recommend acquiring a print server, as I have found these minimize the complexity of sharing and configuring printers, unless security/auditing is a concern. What is the intended environment for the printer?
 
M11 said:
I do not forsee lag being an enormous problem, and give kudos to RedHat for creating a simple and efficient printer interface. But in any production environment, I would recommend acquiring a print server, as I have found these minimize the complexity of sharing and configuring printers, unless security/auditing is a concern. What is the intended environment for the printer?
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the printer will be used for my home network. Basicly printing off documents, papers, pictures, etc. It's a hpdeskjet 3820 and I don't think it has an onboard hard drive. There is no nic installation port, and I cannot afford a network printer.

my network is here http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1026146380#post1026146380

my printer is in one of the pictures.
 
The easiest thing to do is to simply set up the printer (I like CUPS, it's a lot easier than dicking around with lprng) and then share out using LPR (actually... it looks like CUPS has a windows driver available...)
 
ameoba said:
The easiest thing to do is to simply set up the printer (I like CUPS, it's a lot easier than dicking around with lprng) and then share out using LPR (actually... it looks like CUPS has a windows driver available...)
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i'll have to look into that.
 
darkmyth said:
the printer will be used for my home network. Basicly printing off documents, papers, pictures, etc. It's a hpdeskjet 3820 and I don't think it has an onboard hard drive. There is no nic installation port, and I cannot afford a network printer.

my network is here http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1026146380#post1026146380

my printer is in one of the pictures.
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In that event, CUPS allows for easy printer sharing as the other poster said, and from experience it is much easier to use than any other linux printer solution.
 
M11 said:
In that event, CUPS allows for easy printer sharing as the other poster said, and from experience it is much easier to use than any other linux printer solution.
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how do you go about setting up cups??
 
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