[K12OSN] Printer on thin client

[steve gilmore]

We have used really old computers , especially desktops  so that we sit the printers on them , as network print servers. The advantage is uniform speed of printing from all thinclients , and doesn't depend on a particular thinclient running. You run up to 3 parrallel printers per server . We haven't tried serial , but i'm sure it's the same setup.
see the following url for instructions.

http://www.pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/

SteveG
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John P. Conlon 
  To: Support list for opensource software in schools. 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Printer on thin client


  That was part of the question.  The other part is what do I need to do in root or where ever to set the printer up so it works.  Is there possibly a wiki or can you give me a set of instructions to follow?
  Thanks
  Pat

  Steve Hargadon wrote: 
Pat,

There's lots of information available on how to hook up the printers,
but the short answer is, yes, you can hook the printers to the thin
clients in various classrooms, and the thin client acts as a
"jetdirect" for the printer, making each accessible to any
workstation.  If that was what your question was!

Steve

On 8/16/05, John P. Conlon <jconlon1 at elp.rr.com> wrote:
  We have several HP 4Si serial port printers on our campus.  The campus
has a large Vlan network.  Can we hook the printers to thin clients in
various classrooms?  If we can how do we make them work?  With the
schools budget not spending money for ethernet adapters is a must.  The
server is running FC 4+.
Thanks
Pat

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