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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:59 am    Post subject: Need recommendation for print server Reply with quote

i give up, i can't get this printer to work in ANY WAY on linux+cups or vmware (windows guest linux host)
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3746567-highlight-.html


so instead of destroying my brand new printer like Michael Bolton would, i've decided maybe a print server would work.

can anyone recommend a good (inexpensive), print server that can work on linux? thanks.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

awww crap, i just saw the linksys wireless printserver at wal-mart for the same price as newegg so i picked it up even though on the box it said *not intended for multifunction printers.. which mine is. idk i'll try it out, or return it if it doesn't work.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

YAY IT WORKS!!!!!

perfectly in vmware and in gentoo using LPD.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh crap, am i missing something???

instead of getting the normal cups test page... i got a bunch of comments and code....
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

remix wrote:
oh crap, am i missing something???

instead of getting the normal cups test page... i got a bunch of comments and code....


Having recently gotten cups/samba working with an OLD lazer MFC machine I could offer some help - however we all need more info. IMHO if your printer is local to the box I'd rather try and setup the printer locally on the box - if you want it remote many of the same fixes apply. BUT -

what kind of printer ?
USB or LPT
Postscript or no?
do you have foomatic-rip installed?
etc...
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks! ask me more, plz, i'm a newb...

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what kind of printer ?

Epson Stylus Photo all-in-one RX580
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USB or LPT

USB
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Postscript or no?

I don't even know what Postscript is...
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do you have foomatic-rip installed?

no.

i would LOVE to have this printer work locally, then i can return the print server and save the $75, and just share the printer via samba... its a wireless print server thats sitting on top of the router :\
i was so desperate to have ANY kind of printing capabilites that i wasted money on the print server... but lost scanning capabilities...
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