<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [K12OSN] School printer server</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16448" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText97967 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000><FONT size=2>Thanks for all your help. Just to let you know I've found<BR></FONT><A href="https://owa.cssd.ab.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://freesco.org/" target=_blank><FONT size=2>http://freesco.org/</FONT></A><FONT size=2> that I'm setting up for the print server. <BR>And, as slashdotfx suggests I'll read a book for the file<BR>server/unattended install part. I'll also look into wpkg as Huck<BR>suggests.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV id=idSignature82721 dir=ltr> <DIV RE><FONT color=#0000ff size=5>--------------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV RE><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Jeremy Schubert</FONT></DIV> <DIV RE><FONT size=2>Cell: 403-510-2872 Voice: 403-252-7541 (Ext 392) Fax: 403-640-0116 </FONT><A href="mailto:jeremy.schubert@cssd.ab.ca"><FONT size=2>jeremy.schubert@cssd.ab.ca</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV RE><BR><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000><STRONG><EM>Proud member of the Grandin IT Team</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV RE><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000>If we're not on time, we're late.</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV RE><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Verdana color=#800000>(And no, we're never early!)</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV RE> </DIV> <DIV RE><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV> <DIV RE> </DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><BR> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> k12osn-bounces@redhat.com on behalf of Huck<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 16/05/2007 11:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Support list for open source software in schools.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [K12OSN] School printer server<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT size=2>and maybe take a look a "wpkg" for unattended installs?<BR><BR>Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote:<BR>> Of course you can. I do this all the time.<BR>><BR>> BTW, if you're looking for something that doesn't use terminal services,<BR>> then while you certainly can use K12LTSP for that, you don't *have* to. <BR>> Any GNU/Linux or *BSD system that has CUPS will work just fine. I've<BR>> used CentOS, Debian, Slackware, K12LTSP 4.2EL, Ubuntu, Yellow Dog<BR>> Linux--even FreeBSD at one point. All of these have CUPS.<BR>><BR>> --TP<BR>> _______________________________<BR>> Do you GNU!?<BR>> Microsoft Free since 2003 <<A href="http://www.gnu.org/">http://www.gnu.org/</A>>--the ultimate antivirus<BR>> protection!<BR>><BR>><BR>> Jeremy Schubert wrote:<BR>>> Thanks. So basically I can install the K12LTSP on a machine and use it just<BR>>> for the CUPS function without the terminal services part.<BR>>> (Sorry, maybe not a bright question) but I assume I can also use it as a<BR>>> file server to host the files for my unattended Windoze installs? I'm use<BR>>> to using a DOS network boot disk to connect to the current Windoze server on<BR>>> which the unattended installs reside. Is the connection process (we can't<BR>>> use PXE) basically the same?<BR>>> Thanks,<BR>>> Jeremy<BR>>><BR>>> -----Original Message-----<BR>>> From: k12osn-bounces@redhat.com [<A href="mailto:k12osn-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:k12osn-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf<BR>>> Of slashdotfx<BR>>> Sent: May-15-07 8:26 PM<BR>>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.<BR>>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] School printer server<BR>>><BR>>> On 5/16/07, Jeremy Schubert <jschubert@shaw.ca> wrote:<BR>>> <BR>>>> Sorry, I might not have used the correct terminology. I'm not looking for<BR>>>> <BR>>> a<BR>>> <BR>>>> physical device to connect a printer to a computer.<BR>>>><BR>>>> I'm looking for a program that would share out printers to all students<BR>>>> (using a daemon???). And something on which we could enable quotas and<BR>>>> have logging of who prints what?<BR>>>> <BR>>><BR>>> take a look at CUPS (Common Unix Printing System), it should be<BR>>> already on K12LTSP,<BR>>> it has quotas and logging feature you wanted.<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> K12OSN mailing list<BR>>> K12OSN@redhat.com<BR>>> <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A><BR>>> For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org/">http://www.k12os.org</A>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> K12OSN mailing list<BR>>> K12OSN@redhat.com<BR>>> <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A><BR>>> For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org/">http://www.k12os.org</A>><BR>>> <BR>><BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> K12OSN mailing list<BR>> K12OSN@redhat.com<BR>> <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A><BR>> For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org/">http://www.k12os.org</A>><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>K12OSN mailing list<BR>K12OSN@redhat.com<BR><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A><BR>For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org/">http://www.k12os.org</A>><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>