<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial>see the following url for instructions.</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/">http://www.pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/</A></FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial>SteveG</FONT></EM></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jconlon1@elp.rr.com href="mailto:jconlon1@elp.rr.com">John P. Conlon</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=k12osn@redhat.com href="mailto:k12osn@redhat.com">Support list for opensource software in schools.</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [K12OSN] Printer on thin client</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>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?<BR>Thanks<BR>Pat<BR><BR>Steve Hargadon wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=middb7f371c0508161713405a0257@mail.gmail.com type="cite"><PRE wrap="">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 <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:jconlon1@elp.rr.com"><jconlon1@elp.rr.com></A> wrote: </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">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 _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A> For more info see <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></A> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap=""> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>K12OSN mailing list<BR>K12OSN@redhat.com<BR>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn<BR>For more info see <http://www.k12os.org></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>