Digital BW, The Print

Michael,

 

Yes, the 9600 connects directly to the router via a Cat5 Etherlink cable.
You'll need the Etherlink card for the 9600.  Yes, the print servers are
still running from the image editing PC but the spoolers take over and you
can go back to editing while it's printing, albeit a bit slower at times
since you're sharing the computer.  You could set up a separate PC just to
be a print server, but unless you're in a high volume situation I don't
think it will be worth the extra expense and complexity.    

 

The other printers are connected to the router via a Hawking (brand name)
Print Server, a little box that plugs into the printer USB or parallel
connector and is then connected to the router via another Cat5 Etherlink
cable.  You have to specify what type of connection (USB or Parallel) you
want when buying the print servers, because most of them are single-duty.  

 

You may be able to use your wireless equipment, but I like hard wired things
- fewer problems.

 

Ed

 

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From: Michael Poster [mailto:mposter@...] 
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:17 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Print Server - Was: QTR - GUI Problems...

 

Ed,

So the 9600 connects directly to the router, yes? That makes sense to me. 
But I guess I don't quite get how the parallel and USB printers are 
connected. And the print drivers are still running from your image editing 
machine, yes?

I've got a D-link wireless router and a small (wired/wireless) LAN now. I 
was hoping to send files to a box in the other room and have it take over 
printing functions from there. But if that's impossible, sending print jobs 
via ethernet will still get me up and running.

Michael







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