[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Print Server for a hetorogeneous network anyone?

[Chris Cox]

Set the printer up on Linux.
Setup a "raw" printer definition (pass-through) under Linux.
Make sure the "raw" printer is visible under Samba.
Have the Unix's use the regular printer (with filtering)...setup it
up as accessing a remote printer queue.
Double-click under Network Neighborhood in Windows and setup the
"raw" printer (of course in Windows, it's not a "raw" device, but
rather select the driver for that printer type).

We did this successfully at work with one annoyance....seems that
anytime a user "Cancelled" a Windows print job, lpd would go down
hard!....I think it's a RH'ism myself....I think we could have
diagnosed the problem and gotten rid of the issue, but instead
we moved the printer back to NT (sigh).  The printer in our
case is a Network Printer, so the Unix boxes can get to it
by going straight to the printer....but I've seen this
fowl things up too.

Scott Womer wrote:
> 
> Has anyone in our group done it?  Can anyone point me at some
> sites/documentation to review to see how to do it?
> 
> I would like to set up a fault tolerant print servers that can accept print
> jobs from win*, linux and hp-ux.
> 
> The road I'm headed down is TurboCluster-Linux, with the CUPS spooler and
> Samba, all my printers are either LexMark or HP and all printers have their
> own IP address.
> 
> I don't want to invent this if I don't have to, and I know there's
> organizations out there that do this (Cisco for one), but I have not been
> able to find any documented "Case Studies" or "HOWTOs" on the combinations
> of technology that are known to work.
> 
> Anyone?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott Womer
> 
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