Re: Print server on nslu2

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

It probably depends heavily on what else you've got going on in the  
background.  The Slug is tightly memory constrained and consequently  
prone to swapping.  CUPS (and the things it calls to do its job) can  
take a lot of RAM.

Rick


On Jan 18, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Sam Reed wrote:

> Strangely on the NSLU2/CUPS on debian it seems faster than it was  
> on my server 2003 box...
> Sam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier Heinry [mailto:olivier.heinry@manga-burgah.net]
> Sent: 18 January 2008 11:57
> To: Sam Reed
> Cc: 'John Fieldsend'; debian-arm@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Print server on nslu2
>
> Hi,
>
> I've achieved it with an epson DX6050.
> I had to install the  sarge package of gutenprint because of a bug  
> in the PS converter in the latest stable version.
> I find it quite slow printing even just text
> ++
> O.
>
>
> Le Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:15:11 -0000,
> "Sam Reed" <sam@piloting.fsnet.co.uk> a écrit :
>
> > Yeah, very possible
> > Just done it myself
> > Just need to use CUPS
> > Sam
> >
> > > From: John Fieldsend [mailto:jfieldsend@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: 14 January 2008 12:04
> > > To: debian nslu2
> > > Subject: Print server on nslu2
> > >
> > > Hi Folks
> > > Ive been using my SLU2 with debian for well over a year as a Domain
> > > controller and fileserver, i have the system drive connected to  
> > > the nslu2
> > > and then 2 other drives connected vis a hub. i was wandering if  
> > > it is
> > > possible to run my epson 1290 usb printer on the nslu2 and use  
> > > this as a
> > > print server for the network. does anyone know if this is possible
> > > thanks
> > > john