On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 05:18:52PM -0500, Troy.A Johnson wrote: > Does anyone here have recommendations for relatively inexpensive print servers? Values: first reliability, then remote management (ha ha ha), then bells & whistles. Is it just me or is it possible to equate every "I need a cheap dedicated piece of hardware to do...." phrase to "yeah, a 486 running linux will do that and a few other things too"? There are always advantages of buying a print server box (Netgear, HP, whatever) because of the small size and the lessened tendencies of users to try to use it for something. Example... we switched from 486s running DOS print capturing to HP print servers because people tried to sit down and work on the 486 print servers. "Why isn't Windows 95 running? How do I check my e-mail on this? Maybe if I reboot this thing.... hey, why did our printer stop working?" People tend to leave little blinking boxen alone for fear they might break something. In a geeky environment where it's acceptable to run 486 linux boxen for small tasks it's definitely the way to go, though. Hardware cost: probably free (what business doesn't have piles of excess crappy hardware in a closet somewhere?). Software cost: free. Options: well, if it doesn't have the option you want, you can probably find some source or write your own. Remote managment: OpenSSH or the software's own utilities. What sort of network capabilities does CUPS have? Specifically, if I have a Novell 4.11 server farm what are the possiblities of using CUPS as a print server? -Brian