mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) (08/10/90)
We have a Novell LAN and a TCP/IP network of Suns (over the same wire, but that's not relevant here, I think). Does someone know of a not-very expensive printer sharing method? I understand there are Novell TCP/IP things, but they seem wildly overpriced the last time I checked. Right now we're using an RS-232 switchbox, so that one has to walk in and flip the switch before printing, and it's a PAIN! Thanks in advance for any insight. -- Mark McWiggins Integration Technologies, Inc. (Intek) +1 206 455 9935 DISCLAIMER: I could be wrong ... 1400 112th Ave SE #202 Bellevue WA 98004 mark@intek.com Ask me about C++!
stretch@EMUNIX.EMICH.EDU (Brian Stretch) (08/10/90)
CompuAdd sells intelligent switch boxes.. they automatically route the proper
computer to the printer as needed. Can't find my CompuAdd catalog at the
moment, but I believe the box lists for $80-90.
While I'm typing this.. the company I work for is replacing what's left of
their Novell netwroks with Ethernet. While I'm not involved in that project,
the techies tell me that Novell is a monsterous pain in the ---... but
Ethernet zips along rather nicely at 10meg/sec. Not to mention being standard
protocol amoung nearly all platforms.
---Brian Stretch (stretch@emunix.emich.edu)
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