Re: [WinMac] Re: Re: best way win can print to LaserWriter 16/600?

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:15:04 -0500

Michael Bartosh wrote:
>
> >The simplest solution would be to get an HP JetDirect EX box at
>$2-300 (if the
> >16/600 doesn't already have an ethernet port) and print to it
>using lpr. That
> >works, I use it all the time, _we_ use it all the time on a LAN of about 280
> >systems. We currently have about 20 printers hooked up through
>JetDirects. We
> >have occasional weirdness with them, but an the whole they've been pretty
> >bullet-proof. They support just about any protocol you want simultaneously.
>
> This was my original point... how am I supposed to get win9x to work
> w/ lpr... a couple of people have forwarded for-pay solutions which I
> will look into.
>
> But I think sharing it out to all the pc's w/ Dave will be easier.
>
> -mab

Probably. ACITS LPR is free. Amend that _was_ free. Grrr... Until last month,
it was freely available for personal and academic/non-profit use. The home
page for the software says it's free.

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/otl/software/lpr/

But the page for the license says it isn't:

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/otl/forms/LPRSoft.html

Their office of Technology Licensing got into the act and saw a
profit center :-(

Now it's fairly expensive, so take that off the list of alternatives.

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