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Re: Print Server setup--Newbie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent R. Frazier)
Wed Nov 25 12:43:56 1998
From: "Kent R. Frazier" <kfrazier@NMSU.Edu>
Reply-To: kfrazier@NMSU.Edu
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:04:11 -0700
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Thansk for the help, I wasn't sure where to look.
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
>At 12:30 1998-11-24 -0700, Kent R. Frazier wrote:=0D
>>I have my current home computer setup to dual-boot to Linux and Win95 a=
nd I=0D
>>have a old 486DX33 (sans monitor) which I would like to run Linux as a=0D
>>printer server. I currently have a HP LaserJet 4L and will be buying a=
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>>color printer in the near future.=0D
>>=0D
>>I would like to use the 486 as mentioned above and be accessible from b=
oth=0D
>>Linux and Win95 on my main computer. =0D
>>=0D
>>Can I do this with out having a monitor attached to the 486? I plan on=
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>>connecting my current monitor to the 486 during setup.=0D
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>Yes.=0D
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>>Can I do this without installing X?=0D
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>Yes, it would be easier for a newbie, but X would be an overkill for a=0D
>printserver. You could read through the printcap manpage and the printto=
ol=0D
>docs and configure your own printer or you could have someone tht uses t=
he=0D
>same printer as you do send you their printcap and the files in printspo=
ol=0D
>that apply to that printer.=0D
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> Tony=0D
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