[Gllug] samba printers

[SteveC]

* tet at accucard.com (tet at accucard.com) wrote:
> Your quesiton doesn't make sense. If it's a networked printer, then by
> definition, it's not hosted on any box. Just plug it in, set the IP
> address and go (most come with a build in Unix and SMB print daemons).

Thats what I thought... but the users want it "hosted" by a machine where 
they can go in and fiddle with print jobs and such. It was simple under NT 
clickety-click and it all JustWorked

But I am new to all this printing nonsense.

> If it's hosted on a box, then it'll usually be connected via the parallel
> port, and the hosting box will handle the queueing/spooling.

This does the same thing but the queueing etc is done on the NT box then 
passed to the printer.

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com fractalus.com/steve

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