Hi All,
I run a lab with 8x 2.4 ghz 24" IMacs running Tiger. We have two large format printers,(Canon ipf5000 and ipf6100) that are currently hard wired,(USB), into 2 of the IMacs. I would like to network all the IMacs to both large format printers. Ithought I could use Print Sharing but I lose the ability to print with the specific Canon drivers I want, ( I only get Canon's generic CUPS drivers) so that is not working. Currently the Imacs are not connected via a server to each other. I work for a phenomenally cheap/broke non-profit that has no money I and am trying to do this on the cheap. Can I get by with a switch, do I need a printer server? Any thoughts/help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Phil
I run a lab with 8x 2.4 ghz 24" IMacs running Tiger. We have two large format printers,(Canon ipf5000 and ipf6100) that are currently hard wired,(USB), into 2 of the IMacs. I would like to network all the IMacs to both large format printers. Ithought I could use Print Sharing but I lose the ability to print with the specific Canon drivers I want, ( I only get Canon's generic CUPS drivers) so that is not working. Currently the Imacs are not connected via a server to each other. I work for a phenomenally cheap/broke non-profit that has no money I and am trying to do this on the cheap. Can I get by with a switch, do I need a printer server? Any thoughts/help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Phil