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USB Printing
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You may need a HP External Print Server with a USB port on it:
This allows a USB device to be plugged into it, with a network connection out. You can then configure the Print Server with an IP Address and configure it for NDPS.
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This allows a USB device to be plugged into it, with a network connection out. You can then configure the Print Server with an IP Address and configure it for NDPS.
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"It's true, its damn true!"
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Sounds complicated. I guess i won't be setting up printing for my little home network.
So usually any network printer would attach to a novell server via a NIC and IP/IPX address or can you just use a local printer with an LPT1 port. You can set up USB printers via a USB cable in UNIX and Windows server environments without the need for extras. Novell really have to get their act together.
So usually any network printer would attach to a novell server via a NIC and IP/IPX address or can you just use a local printer with an LPT1 port. You can set up USB printers via a USB cable in UNIX and Windows server environments without the need for extras. Novell really have to get their act together.
LawnBoy
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- Mar 12, 2003
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"You can set up USB printers via a USB cable in UNIX and Windows server environments without the need for extras"
Excuse me? Dontcha hafta have a pc connected to them? I call that expensive and complicated, NDPS is easy.
ANY network printer will HAVE to get an address from somewhere. In *nix and Windows you're sharing those printers as local resources. You can still share your Windows printers and Novell will happily ignore it.
If you want a true stand-alone network printer, you will have to do as TheLad suggested, regardless of what NOS you run. USB will not plug into Ethernet without an adapter.
Excuse me? Dontcha hafta have a pc connected to them? I call that expensive and complicated, NDPS is easy.
ANY network printer will HAVE to get an address from somewhere. In *nix and Windows you're sharing those printers as local resources. You can still share your Windows printers and Novell will happily ignore it.
If you want a true stand-alone network printer, you will have to do as TheLad suggested, regardless of what NOS you run. USB will not plug into Ethernet without an adapter.
I think the point is that a Unix or Windows server can have a USB printer plugged into it, but a NetWare server can't use it. NetWare can only use a parallel printer. That is a valid shortcoming.
In a commercial environment, it is best to use an Ethernet-attached printer. The cost for a home or small business can be significant, though. Sharing the printer from a PC without involving NetWare is probably the best approach here.
If the objective is to learn about NDPS, then the printer can be accessed via IP when connected to a Windows 2000/XP computer. The NetWare server can then print to that device via LPR.
In a commercial environment, it is best to use an Ethernet-attached printer. The cost for a home or small business can be significant, though. Sharing the printer from a PC without involving NetWare is probably the best approach here.
If the objective is to learn about NDPS, then the printer can be accessed via IP when connected to a Windows 2000/XP computer. The NetWare server can then print to that device via LPR.
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