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

[Petre Scheie]

Nobody seems to be answering your original question: how to setup local printers.  See 
Chapter 5 of the LTSP docs at
http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-4.1/ltsp-4.1.3-en.html#AEN700

It's pretty simple.  As a similar alternative, if you have spare machines lying around, 
you could make them into print servers; that way access to the printer isn't dependent 
on the client being turned on.

Petre

jconlon1 at elp.rr.com wrote:
> 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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