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       We have an HP laserjet III with  MBytes of Ram. It is currently
hooked up to a PC parallel port and shared through a switch box. I have
been asked to recommend two alterations.

1)     Make the printer a postscript printer

2)     Make the printer avialable over the network.

       We need : novell printer availability for PCs and lpr 
	         availability for the Unix systems.


For 1 )
       a ) What are useful options. I need to trade off cost vs speed.
           The main uses will be printing Wordperfect from a Novell
	   spooler (see below) and ascii and postscript coming in via
	   lpr. There will be some, but not a lot, of graphics.
       b ) Should memory also be upgraded? I am getting conflicting
           advice on this.
       c ) What are relative costs?

For 2)
       I have been told about 2 choices:

       A) Get two old PCs with floppies, (hard disk not required)
          put ethernet cards in them and boot one as a dedicated
          Novell print server (this one has the printer directly
          attached). The other is booted as a GW between lpr and Novell
          to route lpr reuests to the novell print server.

       B) Milan and Lantronix have advertised hardware which attaches to 
          the parallel port and ethernet and will spool both Novell and
          lpr requests.

       What experiences have people had with either? 
       Have they got good security and control over who prints? 
       Is there a big efficiency concern with either option?
       What are the cost tradeoffs?

       I will summarise all responses received by Feb. 5. 

       Thanks for your help.
-- 
Len Zaifman
Information Technology Coordinator, College of Physical and Engineering Science
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. N1G 2W1
phone : (519) 824-4747 xt 6566    email : leonardz@Testarossa.cs.uoguelph.ca