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Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:43:09 -0700
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Network-Connected Printers

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IMHO, the easiest way to do this is with SLPR. I have two printers on my
network, an HP 2300 with a Hawking 7127P print server and an Epson
Stylus Photo 1280 with an Epson print server. Both print servers are
very small devices that plug into the parallel port on the printer and
have an Ethernet port on the other side. They are powered via plug-in
transformers.

On the eCS side, I add a local printer with the driver appropriate
driver, then select Properties > Output Port, Install new port, SLPR. I
then enter the IP address of the print server in the LPD Server field
and "LP1" in the LPD Printer field. The port name should be SLPR1.

I have been using this method ever since the SLPR driver came out, and
it works great!

If the above is not clear, I am willing to help if I can. Just ask.

Gary Granat wrote:
> I'm looking for some guidance.
>
> For the past five or six years, I've been using Panasonic KX-P73xx printers
> (I'm on my second one). I've had good printing results with these printers
> (using the HP4000 print drivers), and they have had features -- especially
> automatic duplex printing -- that I have really appreciated. But, they have
> both suffered from some marginal mechanical engineering, and my current
> printer died yesterday afternoon. These printers are no longer in
> production, so I've been looking for a good alternative.
>
> I've heard some good things about the Hewlett Packard HP-2015dn. In
> particular, this printer can apparently be driven effectively using the
> HP4000 drivers that I'm currently using. However, the only available
> interfaces are USB and EtherNet (no parallel connection). Since I share my
> printer among three systems, anyway, the EtherNet interface seems to make
> good sense (and, I'm a bit leery of trying to get things to work on USB,
> anyway).
>
> So, to my questions. What is needed to set up network (vs parallel)
> printing? Is there a "cookbook" around somewhere that provides the necessary
> guidance? If not, is there someone on this mailing list who is willing to
> work with me on this via email?
>
> Appreciate any assistance anyone can provide. Thanks.
>
> -- gary
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Gary Granat
> ggranat@earthlink.net (Gary Granat)
> -----------------------------------------------------------

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Tom Brown, Catherder
thomabrown at gmail dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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