Re: NAS attached printers in a mixed OS network?

Colin Brough wrote:
Does anyone have any experience of using a printer attached to a NAS
in a mixed Linux/Windows network?

No. I do have a printer on the network that is use by multiple systems (Linux, MS Windows and MacOS) with no problem at all, but that's because it has a network port (it even has wireless, which I don't actually use). It's an hp6980.

But, from the system viewpoint I'd expect it to be similar.

If I were to obtain a NAS - which I'm thinking about for the storage
principally - am I likely to be able from the Linux box to access the
printer attached to the NAS?

Yes - they usually use port 9100 or IPP printing protocols. They main issue, I think, with these is whether you can get any of the feedback you would normally get over USB (things like Ink cartridge status).

Intriguingly the
Linkstation's Printer name cannot be changed from "lp" (short for
LinkStation Printer, apparently!!).

More likely short for "line printer". lp has been the default entry for Unix printing since SysV started doing it (IIRC).


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