Will making a print-server get Vista to cooperate with my printer?
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Will making a print-server get Vista to cooperate with my printer?
Here's the deal: I have my primary desktop which is currently running XP Pro. The one and only family printer is plugged into this bad boy (an Epson CX4800 scanner/printer), but Dngrswife's Vista laptop (HP DV4) doesn't want to print to it-- some times even when I plug the printer directly into her laptop.
The other machines (XP Pro or Ubuntu) generally have no problems (when the desktop hosting the printer is working), but of course, the majority of the printing load comes from that damn Vista laptop.
I can't change the OS because I need Windows on it so she can watch Netflix, I don't have a spare license of XP Pro around and there are no XP drivers for that particular model from HP available to me.
So, I'm thinking this: I have a uATX motherboard collecting dust in the Dngrlab-- part of a carputer project that has stalled-- if I installed a minimal linux on it and made it into a print server (or even a file/print server) and plugged the printer into that, would Vista see it and be able to print to it?
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chances are good that it will since at that point the vista machine will simply rely on the print server to do the actual printing. You can also try buying a small print server device, a quick search on newegg should reveal a number of products
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I might be able to swing that, actually... if the printer can provide the power I need, I can put the OS on a CF card and wire the USB internally.
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