[cups.general] Inkjet printer utilities...

[Helge Blischke]

No, the said utilities rely on talking to the printer via a
bidirectional channel, and the LPD protocol is one way only.

Helge

Martyn Hill wrote:
> 
> Helge
> 
> Thank you - that is helpful. In fact, the printers are all connected to
> Netgear LPD print-servers with the spool held on a FreeBSD box. Does this
> scenario count as "directly connected"?
> 
> Martyn Hill
> Network Administrator
> St James Independent School
> London
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helge Blischke" <H.Blischke at srz-berlin.de>
> Newsgroups: cups.general
> To: <cups at easysw.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [cups.general]
> 
> > Martyn Hill wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear list
> > >
> > > (apologies in advance if this question has been addressed before - just
> > > subscribed to the list.)
> > >
> > > We are currently investigating the deployment of a new printserver at
> our
> > > school.
> > >
> > > We use Samba/Samba-TNG and automatic driver downloads (topic for another
> > > list) to our Windows clients
> > > but are very much interested in the use of the software RIP facility
> offered
> > > by cups/ghostscript for our non PS inkjet printers.
> > >
> > > We have a number of Epson and HP inkjets in house and as the network
> admin,
> > > I regularly have to make use of the printer utilities built in to the
> vendor
> > > provided Windows print drivers to clean the print heads and such like.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to access such facilities from the Windows clients via
> the
> > > CUPS or Windows/Adobe PS drivers when the RIP
> > > is implemented by cups/ghostscript?
> > >
> > > I suspect not, but how has this been dealt with in the past?
> > >
> > > Any ideas on the subject would be most welcome.
> >
> > If those printers are directly connected to the Win boxes only (via
> > parallel port or USB),
> > I think you don't have a chance. If they are accessible from a Linux (or
> > other suitable
> > UNIX) box, look into the gimp-print project. It supplies a utility to do
> > such things
> > as head cleaning, ink queries etc.
> >
> > Helge
> >
> >
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> > Helge Blischke
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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de
tel: +49 30 75301-360