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On Friday, 7 December 2018 18:46:54 GMT Manuel McLure wrote: |
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> I'd highly recommend getting a networked printer that supports Port 9100 |
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> instead of a USB one - this allows you to use the same printer for all of |
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> your systems. |
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Nonsense. You just don't need a network interface if you don't have one. This |
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is Linux, not WinBloze. |
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I have an old Kyocera FS-1020D postscript printer which has just a USB |
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interface. I connect it to one machine and make it available from there to |
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others on the network. No problem. CUPS can do that. |
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(OT: A well known subscriber here very generously gave me a USB-network |
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interface box so that I could take the network route, but I'm afraid I haven't |
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got round to installing it yet because of another complication that's cropped |
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up, requiring a more-or-less complete rewiring of the whole bunch of systems. |
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My joints aren't as flexible as they used to be.) |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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