[rescue] Network Printing Was:(Re: SBE/S)

[Michael Schiller]

Dave:

I used to have all my postscript printers connected to lantronix print servers
(even the tektronix, I could never get it's internal ethernet-tcp/ip working), but
since I've setup things here in WV I've gone to connecting the to different Suns
parallel ports. I use the standard Solaris printing system, and it works fine for
me, I can print to any of my printers from any of my machines (even the SunPCi
inside my U30) with this setup, and the only printer I have now that's networked is
my HP1200C/PS, and I might move that over to a sparcstation soon. HP's Jetdirect
software is sort of stupid if you ask me, it's on the network, but the Solaris
Jetdirect software sets up the local sparcstation as the printer's host machine,
and the other machines print to that host, as if the printer was connected via a
parallel port. I can't really see wasting an IP for a printer when all the print
jobs have to go from host A (machine originating print request) to host
B (sparcstation running JetDirect) which then sends it to host C (HP Printer with
JetDirect card), seems like a lot of bouncing around for nothing. I suppose I could
install the JetDirect software on all my machines, so the printer would appear as a
local printer to them all, but to my mind, that's stupid too. Am I missing
something regarding JetDirect?

-Mike

Dave McGuire wrote:

> On May 5, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > Serial?  Parallel?  USB? Haven't gotten around to buying myself a nice laser
> > yet, but while ethernet may be nice, it would be one of the first features
> > I'd be willing to sacrifice (since Sun's with parallel ports are cheap).  If
>
>   Eeeew.  Networked is the only way to print.
>
> > Eww, whats the point of a color laser if it can't do nice continuous
> > tone printing?
>
>   Umm, not everyone does the same things with their computers that you
> do. ;)
>
> > What I really would love is a nice Iris large format printer.  But, I've never
> > seen a working one for sale, and considering the operating costs, it doesn't
> > look likely to happen.
>
>   I have a Kodak XLT-7720 for continuous-tone stuff.  Its output is
> indistinquishable from photographic prints.  They're incredibly heavy
> (I can't lift it) but they're well worth a hernia.
>
>       -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire                                 "Mmmm.  Big."
> St. Petersburg, FL                                -Den
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