alternative printserver "p910nd"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:53 pm
Is there a possibility to add the simple "p910nd" printserver to a wtware installation or - thinking ahead - wouldn't it be interesting to implement it additionally or instead of more complex CUPS, LPDP or whatever is used now?
The background of my question:
A while ago I tried to connect some old matrix-printers with USB-to-parallel-cables to Raspberry-pi3-wtware-RDP-clients using the printer=USB option. After fixing a little bug by the support it worked not too bad. But quite often the printers stopp and restart only by switching them offline and online again - leaving an ugly gap within the printed line. (By the way - it all worked fine with my laserprinter. If you're interrested in details have a look at http://forum.wtware.com/viewtopic.php?f ... ver#p76215)
As my colleagues complained, I now installed a simple and lightweight RAW-printserver called "p910nd" on a raspberry pi and it works perfect and fast with the matrix printer and the USB-to-parallel-cable (and also with the laserprinter of course). It's easy to install and only needs two entries in an config file to share a RAW-printer. But I'd rather not install a second Pi for every printer...
The background of my question:
A while ago I tried to connect some old matrix-printers with USB-to-parallel-cables to Raspberry-pi3-wtware-RDP-clients using the printer=USB option. After fixing a little bug by the support it worked not too bad. But quite often the printers stopp and restart only by switching them offline and online again - leaving an ugly gap within the printed line. (By the way - it all worked fine with my laserprinter. If you're interrested in details have a look at http://forum.wtware.com/viewtopic.php?f ... ver#p76215)
As my colleagues complained, I now installed a simple and lightweight RAW-printserver called "p910nd" on a raspberry pi and it works perfect and fast with the matrix printer and the USB-to-parallel-cable (and also with the laserprinter of course). It's easy to install and only needs two entries in an config file to share a RAW-printer. But I'd rather not install a second Pi for every printer...