[x]
Posted via EE Mobile

Search, ask, and monitor your questions on the go with EE Mobile. Visit Experts Exchange from your mobile device and never be out of touch again.

Question
[x]
Attachment Details
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

9.4

Printing from Unix to a remote printer

Asked by mattmc97 in Linux, RPM Installer, Linux Distributions

Tags: remote, printer, unix, print

hello all.

I am trying to print from a SCO unix server over the internet to a remote destination that has its own printers. I have this working now with a program called RPM Manager from Brooksnet.com but it runs on windows and it fairly expensive for what I am trying to do. I have a 21 day trial on it so it has bought me a little time till I find something else.

My question is: Is there a way to set up a linux box that will receive the lpd print commands from the remote SCO Unix server and then route them to one of three printers on the linksys 3 port print server?

I have seen the program called netcat that you can supposedly install on the server and it will print to a remote print server such as HP or linksys but I do not want to mess with the SCO box because I cannot reboot during business hours and if something were to go wrong after hours, I would have to make sure that it is up and running by 7:30 the next morning as it is critical to our office staff. So I would like to leave the server alone and it seems as if it is doing its job anyway. Because I can send all my printout to the remote office and they print somewhat correctly except for some formatting issues.

I would like to set something up on linux because the RPM manager in win2000 seems to slow the system down and I need that computer for a user, so I wanted to set up a dedicated linux remote print server.

I am starting from scratch so I would appreciate any recommendations to what program to use and what version on linux as well.

thanks.

mattmc
[+][-]02/17/04 10:10 AM, ID: 10384630Accepted Solution

View this solution now by starting your 30-day free trial. Setting up your free trial is quick, easy, and secure. We will return you to this solution, unlocked, when you're done.

About this solution

Zones: Linux, RPM Installer, Linux Distributions
Tags: remote, printer, unix, print
Sign Up Now!
Solution Provided By: khkremer
Participating Experts: 1
Solution Grade: A
 
[+][-]02/17/04 11:03 AM, ID: 10385134Author Comment

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]02/17/04 11:23 AM, ID: 10385274Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]02/17/04 11:34 AM, ID: 10385376Author Comment

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
 
Loading Advertisement...
20091111-EE-VQP-89