Re: Getting a printer to work... (maybe off topic)

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:12:06 GMT, S. Whitmore
<usenet-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I couldn't find a more appropriate newsgroup and figured the
>homebuilt-PC population would be a good group for creatively finding
>a way to make things work, but if you know of a better newsgroup,
>feel free to drop me a line or reply here and set followups to that
>newsgroup.
>
>I recently bought a Buffalo 300GB LinkStation (HD-HG300LAN Gigabit
>Network Storage Center) which is advertised as offering a "built-in
>print server" -- but the so-called print server only supports
>PostScript and a few Epson printers. For printers, I have a Canon
>S450 and an HP PSC 1410 All-in-One (the latter of which is presumably
>excluded by Buffalo's fine print that "Multifunction printers are not
>supported" since it's a scan/copy/print device). I found an online
>review of the Canon S450 that says it has PostScript support, but the
>manual says it doesn't, and I believe the manual. I haven't found
>anything about getting the printer to emulate an Epson printer.
>
>I have found a few references to getting the S450 working under Linux
>by way of GhostScript (I think), but I haven't looked at them
>in-depth because I'm not currently using Linux -- I would be printing
>from Windows 2000, maybe Windows 98, and hopefully Mac OS X.
>
>It's been many years since I did much with getting printers to work
>in various situations, and a lot has changed since then. It would be
>very nice if I could find a way to make one of these printers work
>with this "print server" so I don't have to fire up a specific PC
>when another PC wants to print something.


I'm using a usb print server and ethernet switch combo from Linksys.
As long as the printer is usb, it doesn't give a rat's behind what it
is.


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