Hello,

I run a LAN with two routers on two different subnets. I have both Linux and Windows computers and a server running Ubuntu (server edition). I used to have a USR8000 router with an embedded print server, but that recently went kaput. I don't want to buy a new router or a special print server. I would like to my server to take care of this.

How my system used to work with USR:
-USR drivers would be installed on windows, where it would create a special port. I would install windows printer drivers, and point the printer to that port
-On Linux, I would install the driver, and point the printer to 192.168.123.254 (the IP of the router) and lpd/lp0 (or something similar) as the queue.

I would like to emulate that functionality. In short, I don't want samba (different subnets will create all kinds of nasty problems).

Can anyone shed some light on how to do this? I think this can be done using CUPS, but I'm really bad when it comes to the CUPS system. Also, how would I create the windows port?

Thanks!

AFAIK you can do this with CUPS... You just set it up an internet printer when you follow the Windoze wizard through to something along the lines of:
or

Can I set it up as ldp? ldp://host/queue? Is there a difference?

Not sure... Try it

How? Is there some kind of guide of how to set up an LDP server?

Alright, so for anyone interested, I have managed to do this using ipp. Set up a raw printer in CUPS on the server, point it to the parallel port (in my case, I'm sure USB would work just as well).

Then, on windows, use "Add Printer" to add a new network printer, selecting "Connect to a printer on the Internet", and using a URL of http://hostname:631/printers/RawPrinterQueueName. Choose the windows driver for your printer, and away you go. Props to Colin Stewart (http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/wini...003-07-20.html) for his great guide...it would have taken me forever to figure out what to do in XP without it.

I'm still a little curious about lpd:// though. Is there a major difference between lpd:// and ipp://? Thanks everyone!

LPD = Line Printer Daemon
IPP = Internet Printing Protocol

LPD is generally a little outdated in this age of laser and inkjet printers