[K12OSN] Printing from a thin client: the improved version.

[jconlon1 at elp.rr.com]

If we could afford to buy jetdirect devices we would be able to buy
newer printers.  We are doing with what we have and what we can make
work.  Any other suggestions?
Bye
Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Guenther <jguenther at chinooksedge.ab.ca>
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:32 pm
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Printing from a thin client: the improved version.

> IHMO, I would seriously consider buying JetDirect network adapters 
> for 
> them and then printing directly to them via IP printing.  From my 
> experience printing to PCL printers is very much more CPU intensive 
> than 
> printing to postscript printers, but seeing as these are HP 4+ 
> printers 
> and not 4 M+ you will have to take the extra CPU hit and 
> considerably 
> slower printing times. IHMO the best "improved version" of printing 
> is 
> to print direct to a Postscript printer via IP address.
> 
> I cannot speak about remote printers - if that would reduce the CPU 
> drag 
> of the PCL printers ... but in terms of simplicity the JetDirect 
> cards 
> are the way to go.  Maybe that is not quite the advice you were 
> looking 
> for ....
> 
> Joe Guenther
> 
> John P. Conlon wrote:
> 
> > At my school we have several parallel port HP-4 Plus laser 
> printers. We
> >
> > want to connect them to thin clients in various classrooms.
> > 1. In the printer setup utility in root what selections do we 
> need to
> > make to cause the printer to work?  Particularly what path 
> information 
> > do I use, IP address, Mac address or what?
> > 2. Do I need to make any entery in the lts.conf file?
> > . Do any files other than printcap need to be edited? Which files 
> and> what changes need to be made in those files?
> > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks
> > Pat
> >
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