Will Linux Do It?

Red_Rose_Exile

The edimax USB Print server is that price

Toxteth_OGrady

Take a look here: http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

Any of the top ten listed are worth a shot. Personally I would try Slax or PCLinuxOS.

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TOG

jmc160

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

The edimax USB Print server is that price

Does that support any other kind of printer? I can only find info to say it supports GDI.

Red_Rose_Exile

Supports Major Network Protocols PS-1206U is a print server to share a USB printer to all network users. It supports TCP/IP, NetBEUI, Linux and MAC network protocol.

btw, found it cheaper here

hawkwind

I would highly recommend SamLinux.

jmc160

Red Rose Exile, those are network protocols. I'm talking about printer languages.

Red_Rose_Exile

I appreciate that, but you actually asked if it supported any other printer, GDI is just a Windows Interface, to render pages as bitmaps so there's no need for expensive processors or large amounts of on-board RAM

Anyway, have a read of the manual

It should clear things up a little

jmc160

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

I appreciate that, but you actually asked if it supported any other printer, GDI is just a Windows Interface, to render pages as bitmaps so there's no need for expensive processors or large amounts of on-board RAM

Anyway, have a read of the manual

It should clear things up a little

My question must've been unclear. I was trying to ask if GDI was the only type of printer this server supported. The manual was a big help though, thanks very much.

esuhl

I'm no Linux expert, but having looked around for a good linux distro for my ancient (733MHz PIII) computers, I found Zenwalk linux (based on Slackware) runs very quickly. You can download a live CD to try it out, a "core" CD with just a bash shell (no X-Windows), or the full version. It's not bloated with software you won't use, has a clean feel to it, and you can easily install any software you might want - much better than Ubuntu et al, in my humble opinion!

http://www.zenwalk.org/

Blacksheep1979

don't use ubuntu it's set up to be as easy as possible but that doesn't mean it's configured to be as well configured as something that you do for yourself from scratch.

Have a look at gentoo - v configurable or sme server (based on centos) which is a stand alone server install that will work as a gateway, web server, firewall, do webmail etc as well.