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68g.1499 <68g.1499@etr6.net> wrote:
>On 2/1/24 9:40 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 01/02/2024 06:32, 68g.1499 wrote:
>>> Ok ... I'm not gonna ask why you'd want a completely separate
>>> print server, based on an old Pi, rather than just printing
>>> directly from/to whatever :-)
>>>
>> It avoids massively long printer cables obviously, when you have a
>> pre-existent network of some sort...
>
> Um ... printers have come with network ports/wi-fi for at
> least 15 or more years now. You don't need "long cables",
> except for ethernet, and thus the printer can be 300+ meters
> away in the junk shed and work just fine. You can see and
> print to it from any PC-like-thing directly.
The printers I'm connecting that way are definitely older than that. There
was a LaserJet 1320n that had built-in Ethernet connectivity, but that
wasn't what I'd bought the better part of 20 years ago.
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