Topic: Printer Question Server Only 5.6

[Walter Padgett]

Good Morning,

I've installed a few SME servers in server-only mode and have had great success. I was looking at the printers section of SME and was trying to figure out how to setup a printer on the server over either the AppleTalk or IPX/SPX protocols. It appears that the panel that configures the printers only deals with the TCP/IP protocol.

A penny for any ideas,

Wally

[Charlie Brady]

Walter Padgett wrote:

> I was looking at the printers section of
> SME and was trying to figure out how to setup a printer on
> the server over either the AppleTalk or IPX/SPX protocols. It
> appears that the panel that configures the printers only
> deals with the TCP/IP protocol.

The server itself only handles TCP/IP. I expect you can do without AppleTalk and IPX/SPX, and you'll find that easier than adding such support to the server.

Charlie

[Michael Smith]

Yes, but the server WILL handle printing for an Appletalk network right out of the box ... as for IPX/SPX, there are add-ons for Linux that will let it speak IPX/SPX but as for printing, I dunno.

[Walter Padgett]

Good Afternoon,

How would one setup an Appletalk printer? HP JetDirect's support Appletalk but evidently the school district's DHCP is out of IP addresses so I was looking at AppleTalk or another protocol.

Thanks for the replies,

Wally

P.S. I mentioned in an earlier post about the MS Academic Alliance, it's a crock. The licensing sounds too much like the U.S. ATF laws. Put vague wording in it and allow the enforcer to bend it to his/her whim.