From: Sheets, Jerald (JSHeets@OLOLRMC.COM)
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 11:14:22 EST
Ah.
I'd use Samba, then and make all printers available to all people. Some
folks are going to be questionable on the Samba choice, but it's easy to
install, adminster, secure, and maintain. (and free!)
--jms
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Bramblett [mailto:bramblet@FULLER.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:04 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Setting up Parallel Printers from (win9x) clients to AIX
I guess I wasn't clear. The printers are connected locally to a Win9x or
winXP client. Each of the clients have IP addresses on them. The
printers are HP mostly deskjets. I don't think that putting a card in
the deskjets are even an option. (not supported by deskjets)
The old way we printed to these printers was through pathworks. I don't
know much about it but it is obsolete and there was so many headaches
involved that we just want to redo it.
On a Tru64 Unix machine and a Win98 machine we have a terminal emulator
involved that is running so that is shares the printer to the Unix
server and there is a print queue setup so it will print. That is kind
of what I would like to do but through software if I can.
Sheets, Jerald wrote:
> There are several methods to connect, but I will treat two. I'm sure
> the other fine guides here on the list will have others, though.
>
> The two I will speak to are serial and network. Of course, IBM has
> the 16 Port Asynchronous RAN devices (manufactured by DIGI, If I
> remember correctly). They have a PCI card and can connect through a
> Mux Eliminator to remote sites and such. YOu can put both terminals
> and printers on those.
>
> If you're already IP and these printers are networkable/networked,
> there are several things you can do there. For HP printers, I just
> put in Jet Direct cards and AIX prints to them natively. Various
> manufacturers will have the hardware necessary to connect their
> printers to the network, and support will vary from vendor to vendor.
>
> If you have serial printers, and only have IP to get to them, and
> don't want to by a stack of network cards for each, you can buy
> Lantronix gear in a myriad of fashions. One is a simple per-printer
> device running around $70 each. They also have a rackable terminal
> server in varying port numbers that you can use your current ethernet
> cabling to do the serial connections and configure all the ports in
> the TS. AIX prints natively to that guy real well. The thing I like
> about Lantronix stuff is the internal programming language is
> extremely powerful and verbose. Translation: If it isn't working
> because of TTY settings, you can program that guy internally to be
> anything, do anything, and translate anything. Their stuff is just
> amazing.
>
> I hope I interpreted the question right now that more answers are
> coming in.
>
> Jerald M. Sheets
> Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
> Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
> 225-765-8734
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Bramblett [mailto:bramblet@FULLER.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:13 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Setting up Parallel Printers from (win9x) clients to AIX
>
>
> Hello,
> I have a RS6000 F40-7025 running AIX 4.3.3
>
> My question concerns connecting the clients machines with printers so I
> can print directly out of AIX.
>
> How do you set up the connections. We used to have path-works (old
> stuff) and set up a print queue from AIX. Then we would print to it that
> way.
>
> How would I go about setting up without path-works. Is there another
> terminal emulator that works well? Is samba recommended?? Is samba on
> the CD's or the AIX server??
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> --
> Ron Bramblett
> Sys Admin
> Fuller Brush Company
>
-- Ron Bramblett Sys Admin Fuller Brush Company
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