Is there a way to make a win95pc a print server?....The actual printer has a NIC and an ip address. I was able to achieve this on NT server by first enabling tcp/ip printing services, and then use LPR utility to add a port.This printer cannot be attached through a parallel port.
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What you need is a lpd server for the Win95 box. You tend to get one with fully featured terminal emulation and X server packages. I'm not sure if there are any free or shareware ones out there, but a look on your local Tucows might turn something up.<br>
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Commercial packages I know have LPD servers include Hummingbird Exceed, Metascybe Kite, J. River Ice.Ten, and X-Win Pro. Searches on your fave search engine should give links to these
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HTH.
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Commercial packages I know have LPD servers include Hummingbird Exceed, Metascybe Kite, J. River Ice.Ten, and X-Win Pro. Searches on your fave search engine should give links to these
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HTH.
If you're working with an HP printer HP JetAdmin provides for TCP/IP printing from Win95/98. Epson also has a TCP/IP solution for their network printers. Check with the manufacturer of your printer. Then just set up the local printer directed to the network device and share it.<br>
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In our case the network setup from HP was straight forward. The epson setup took a little more care.<br>
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Good luck.
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In our case the network setup from HP was straight forward. The epson setup took a little more care.<br>
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Good luck.
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