you can make the PC that has the printer connected to it a print server. You
need to install Unix Print Sertvice, which will basically install the LPD (Line
Printer Daemon)...,
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:14:10 +0000, "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:19:17 +0000, Dave T wrote:
>
>> I have a V basic wireless network at home.
>>
>> Desktop PC (W98SE) connected with Cat 5 to Draytek 2600 WE ADSL Modem /
>> Router / Wireless Gizmo.
>>
>> My wife has a laptop (Win XP HE) with the wifi card to use elsewhere in
>> the house. At present I have the printer (Lexmark 5700 in shared mode)
>> running from the desktop PC and so to print from the laptop I have to
>> boot up the desktop PC, a pain in the bum if one is elsewhere in the
>> house and can't be bothered to climb the stairs.
>>
>> I was considering getting a HP Jet Direct EX plus (they go for about
>> 20-30 quid on ebay) and pluggin it into one of the other LAN ports on
>> the router, and connecting the printer to this.
>>
>> Anone got any idea whether this would work or am I wasting my time?
>>
>> I was considering swapping the Lexmark for a cheap laser - Samsung 1210
>> from Dabs seems quite reasonable, might this work with the jetdirect>?
>>
>> Also would I have to configure the network differently? the laptop
>> wants to know whether to be in infrastructure mode on the wifi or ad-hoc
>> mode, seems to make no difference as far as I can see in terms of the
>> connection.
>>
>> Confused and my head hurts...
>>
>> to reply by email remove the fish
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>
>All is fine, I have done exactly the same thing. I have two printers HP
>Laserjet 6p and HP Deskjet 895 both plugged into a HP 500X print server.
>You obviously have to make sure that the print server has the right
>interfaces, mine has 3 parallel, some have USB and some have a mixture of
>both. You can connect any printer to them.
>
>You will need some additional software to allow the WIN98 PC to print
>directly to the print server, WinXP can do this out of the box. It is not
>ideal to print directly to the print server if you make heavy use of the
>printer. This is because the print server can only print from one PC at
>once. If a second PC tries to print at the same time the print server will
>block it, and the second PC will report an error. But for light use this
>will rarely happen.
>
>Your wireless PC behaves just like a wired PC on your network, no
>configuration changes need to be made. The correct mode for your wireless
>laptop is infrastructure mode. This allows a single connection between the
>laptop and the wireless access point. Ad-hoc will also make this
>connection, that's why it works, but it will also connect to any other
>wireless computer (within range).
>
>Graham.
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