This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C38079.8A4435B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My daughter's school has a Windows/Novell network but they do not allow/enable file and print sharing. All printers must be connected to a print server of some sort, so they have a unique IP address. A printer and an old p166 machine have been donated to her class, but the printer is not "networkable" - it is an inexpensive inkjet printer - a Compaq IJ300. I have Windows drivers, and according to linuxprinting.org this printer does not work with Linux. It might work with the Lexmark Z11 drivers.I have a Z11 and I tried the drivers and the printing was not very good. The students are printing essays, reports, (including images) so the printing needs to be of pretty good quality (the Linux based Z11 printer output I managed to print was really not very good). The campus IT guy is really nice, very young, and his best advice is to buy an HP printer and a Jetdirect print server and throw away the junk that was donated. 1. Is there any way to use Linux, the p166, and this printer to make a workable printing solution (i.e. a printer server that allows the students to share the printer)? 2. (I shudder to ask this on this list, so please do not flame me.I am just trying to help out my daughter's classroom!) If I install Windows 98 on the p166, is there a way to configure it as a print server? This would allow me to use the Windows drivers, which work quite well. Thanks! Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc. 480 945-0798 office 480 945-9197 fax mark@phillipsmarketing.biz ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C38079.8A4435B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My daughter’s school has a Windows/Novell = network but they do not allow/enable file and print sharing. All printers must be = connected to a print server of some sort, so they have a unique IP address. =

 

A printer and an old p166 machine have been donated = to her class, but the printer is not “networkable” – it is an inexpensive inkjet printer – a Compaq IJ300. I = have Windows drivers, and according to linuxprinting.org this printer does = not work with Linux. It might work with the Lexmark Z11 drivers…I have a = Z11 and I tried the drivers and the printing was not very good. The students are = printing essays, reports, (including images) so the printing needs to be of = pretty good quality (the Linux based Z11 printer output I managed to print was really not = very good).

 

The campus IT guy is really nice, very young, and his = best advice is to buy an HP printer and a Jetdirect print server and throw away the junk that was = donated.

 

1. Is there any way to use Linux, the p166, and this = printer to make a workable printing solution (i.e. a printer server that allows = the students to share the printer)?

 

2. (I shudder to ask this on this list, so please do = not flame me…I am just trying to help out my daughter’s = classroom!) If I install Windows 98 on the p166, is there a way to configure it as a = print server? This would allow me to use the Windows drivers, which work quite = well.

 

Thanks!

 

Mark Phillips

Phillips Marketing, = Inc.

480 945-0798 = office

480 945-9197 fax

mark@phillipsmarketing.biz

 

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