[TriLUG] printer configurations

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 02:25, M. Mueller/bhu5nji wrote:
> I liked the print server idea but I feel I really must try to make use of 
> idle parallel ports I have and save $$$$.  In researching available boxes I 
> found the Linksys Gigadrive 20 that uses RH Linux inside and it supports 
> Samba.  It's a NAS for $600.  I found another Linksys box that did print 
> serving only for about $169.  The HP box was about $249.

The Netgear box I use was only about $130, and that was several
months ago.  It's most likely gone down since then.

If you don't have the money, however, then by all means, use what
you have.  I just like the convenience of never having to worry 
if the computer my printer is connected to is going to die and
my other computers on the net are not going to have access to
the printer.

Tanner
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