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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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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. =
<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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).<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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)? <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Thanks!<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Mark Phillips<o:p></o:p>

Phillips Marketing, =
Inc.<o:p></o:p>

480 945-0798 =
office<o:p></o:p>

480 945-9197 fax<o:p></o:p>

mark@phillipsmarketing.biz<o:p></o:p></fo=
nt>

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