Is there a way in samba to create a printer pool like you can do with NT? I have two HP Network Printers (4000N) which I can setup and print to from Win95, no problem. But I want to make the most "efficient" use of the printers, as they are in a lab, sitting right next to each other... Thanks... === Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tim Winders, CNE, MCSE | Email: TWinders@SPC.cc.tx.us | | Network Administrator | Phone: 806-894-9611 x 2369 | | South Plains College | Fax: 806-897-4711 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Tim Winders wrote:> Is there a way in samba to create a printer pool like you can do with NT? > I have two HP Network Printers (4000N) which I can setup and print to from > Win95, no problem. But I want to make the most "efficient" use of the > printers, as they are in a lab, sitting right next to each other... > Thanks...Samba can't do it, but LPRng can. http://www.astart.com J.F. ----------------------------------------------------------- Pinky: "What are we going to do tonight, Brain?" Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky : try to install Windows NT !" -----------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Tim Winders wrote:> Is there a way in samba to create a printer pool like you can do with NT? > I have two HP Network Printers (4000N) which I can setup and print to from > Win95, no problem. But I want to make the most "efficient" use of the > printers, as they are in a lab, sitting right next to each other... > Thanks... >Hi Tim, If your unix server doesn't support printer pools, get Patrick Powells LPRng (www.astart.com/lprng.html) --- Peter Blake ppb@blake.org.uk