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Re: [TCLUG:7343] JetDirect servers
I've never had a problem with JetDirect and BSD lpd printing (with slack
3.2, redhat or debian). I've had a jetdirect board for over a year now
without a glitch. and you can allways update the firmware on the
jetdirect internal board.
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Jeremy Smith wrote:
>
>
> Tim Wilson wrote:
>
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with HP's JetDirect print servers (int. or
> > ext.)? Will these work with Linux print clients as easily as Win9x
> > clients? How do you configure them? I'm looking for a bit of background
> > info.
>
> As of about a year ago, HP's JetDirect print servers did not correctly
> support the BSD lpr, or at least the variant that came along with Linux. I
> haven't been doing a lot of experimentation since, but if you want to take
> advantage of all of the features of the JetDirect, I'd recommend spooling
> through a Sun, an HP, or *ack* NT with the JetDirect drivers.
>
> It's supposed to work, and maybe the bugs have been ironed out, but it was
> supposed to work two years ago, and didn't.
>
> Jer Smith
>
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