[NTLUG:Discuss] Looking for a couple of things

[Eric Schnoebelen]

Leroy Tennison writes:
- This leaves printing.  What I've seen of print server appliances 
- is that they are pass-through (won't queue multiple simultaneous jobs) 
- or NAS plus print server units (but they don't state that the print 
- server uses the NAS for queuing).

How about a RaspberryPi (or similar), running CUPS as a print
server.  CUPS can be managed via a web browser, and a Pi is
pretty much a "black box" that can be turned into an appliance.
(I'm about to put one in from of an HP ink jet computer, and let
it handle the two IPP based printers in the house as well.)

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