Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 06/18/2013 12:53 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. sent: I guess I'll have to ditch my SAMBA 3 whitepapers and look into the NFS thingie some more! Always explore the options. And I assume the NFS has "workable" access and file permissioning? Linux

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-17 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. sent: > I guess I'll have to ditch my SAMBA 3 whitepapers and look into > the NFS thingie some more! Always explore the options. > And I assume the NFS has "workable" access and file permissioning? Linux box to Linux box, it works virtu

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 06/17/2013 10:13 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. sent: why is SAMBA still around?,,,I always thought the Open Source Universe was about finding and using software that "Just Worked"? When it comes to interfacing your open source, open standards OS, w

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-17 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. sent: > why is SAMBA still around?,,,I always thought the Open Source Universe > was about finding and using software that "Just Worked"? When it comes to interfacing your open source, open standards OS, with a closed source, non-standard

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-16 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 06/16/2013 10:23 PM, Tim wrote: Tim: I've always found dealing with Samba's shenanigans much more effort than configuring Windows to Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.: I have never used SAMBAbut I've always been told (by Windows admins no less!...LOL!) that it was the easiest thing in the worl

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-16 Thread Tim
Tim: >> I've always found dealing with Samba's shenanigans much more effort >> than configuring Windows to Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.: > I have never used SAMBAbut I've always been told (by Windows > admins no less!...LOL!) that it was the easiest thing in the world to > useis it not so?..

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-16 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 06/16/2013 07:21 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Fred Smith sent: Samba would be useful if you had windoze machines on the network that wanted to use the printer, assuming wanted to share it out from a linux box. I've always found dealing with Samba's shenanigans much mor

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-16 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Doug sent: > I have put a JetDirect into an HP2200D and it works, mostly. But when > I run a self-test, the paper shows an IP address of 192.168.0.149. > If I ping that IP, I get inknown host. Anybody know any more about > the JetDirect? If I had a static addres

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-16 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Reindl Harald sent: > these days printers with WLAN and Ethernet are cheap > > why bother with workarounds while virtually nobody > is still using non-network-capabale printers? Because many modern printers are crap? They just get worse and worse (short life

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-16 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Fred Smith sent: > Samba would be useful if you had windoze machines on the network that > wanted to use the printer, assuming wanted to share it out from a > linux box. I've always found dealing with Samba's shenanigans much more effort than configuring Windo

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Timothy Murphy
Fred Smith wrote: >> I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) >> which only has a USB interface. >> What is the simplest way to connect this printer >> to a WiFi LAN? >> I should have said that it is too far from the server >> for a direct USB connection. >> Incidentally, why wou

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 15.06.2013 21:25, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > I should have said that it is too far from the server > for a direct USB connection. > Incidentally, why would I need to use Samba? > > At present, I just carry my laptop to the printer, > which is not too onerous. > I just wondered if there was a s

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Fred Erickson
On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:25:55 +0200 Timothy Murphy wrote: > Mark LaPierre wrote: > > I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) > which only has a USB interface. > What is the simplest way to connect this printer > to a WiFi LAN? > >>> > >>> "Simplest" is probably through an access

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Fred Smith
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 09:25:55PM +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Mark LaPierre wrote: > > I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) > which only has a USB interface. > What is the simplest way to connect this printer > to a WiFi LAN? > >>> > >>> "Simplest" is probably through an a

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Timothy Murphy
Mark LaPierre wrote: I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) which only has a USB interface. What is the simplest way to connect this printer to a WiFi LAN? >>> >>> "Simplest" is probably through an access point or router that has a USB >>> port on it, specifically for connecting

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Doug
On 06/15/2013 09:21 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 07:43:02PM +0930, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) which only has a USB interface. What is the simplest way to connect this printer to a WiFi LAN? "Simpl

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 06/15/2013 09:21 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 07:43:02PM +0930, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) which only has a USB interface. What is the simplest way to connect this printer to a WiFi LAN? "Simpl

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Fred Smith
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 07:43:02PM +0930, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: > > I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) > > which only has a USB interface. > > What is the simplest way to connect this printer > > to a WiFi LAN? > > "Simplest" is probably through

Re: USB printer connection

2013-06-15 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 15 June 2013, Timothy Murphy sent: > I have a printer (HP Officejet J4580) > which only has a USB interface. > What is the simplest way to connect this printer > to a WiFi LAN? "Simplest" is probably through an access point or router that has a USB port on it, specifically f