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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How does a printserver work ...
Date: 30 Oct 1996 18:27:29 -0000
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In article <pg918qzy0e.fsf@theta.microchip.com>,
pancholi@theta.Microchip.COM (Vineet Pancholi) writes:
: This is a request for pointer to documentation on -
:
: " How does a printserver work ?"
:
: I have four 486's (1-WinNT, 3-FreeBSD), all talk to one another via a
: 3Com 8 port Hub.
:
: I also have a HP 4ML printer, now I wish to connect its parallel port
: to my hub, with a ip address. The eventual goal is to print to a
: network printer.
From FreeBSD it's easy - do a "man printcap" and look for the "rm"
capability.
I suspect it'll be tricky from the Win95 side. You'd be better off
attaching the printer to one of the FreeBSD boxes and "share"ing it
to Win95 via samba !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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