Print Server that has USB & Parallel that doesn't use port 9000/9001/9002?

[duritz]

I've been trying to find a single print server that will connect to a single printer but have the option of parallel or USB.

Every print server I find that has both USB and Parallel ports wants to act as a multi-port device and it usually has USB1 pointing to port 9000, USB2 to 9001, and LPT3 to 9002.

The software I'm using doesn't have the option of assigning port numbers to print queues. Well not easily anyway. I need a device I can send to clients that will work with either a USB or Parallel printer but not require any special ports after the IP address.

Do they make anything like this? Even a print server that has a physical switch you can move between USB or parallel would be fine. Everywhere I look though it's always setup as a "You can hook 2 printers or 3 printers up to this device!" I just need to hook up 1 printer to the device but I need the device to support both new and old printers :-/

 

[duritz]

bah i meant to put this in periphials i guess i clicked networking without paying attention, sorry

 

[spidey07]

Most any print server should be able to function as a line printer (LPR)

 

[duritz]

Most any print server should be able to function as a line printer (LPR)

not sure i'm following... i'm in charge of a project to put a bunch of UPS printers on the network. some of these UPS printers have USB some have parallel ports. i am looking for a print server that has the option of using either USB or Parallel connections so i don't have to find out from each location which their printer will support. that might explain things a bit better.

 

[spidey07]

What is doing the printing? LPR is a tcp/ip standard for printing and almost any OS supports is as do print servers. A host will use LPR to connect to the print server and send the print job to it.

 

[duritz]

the printing is done in a unidata system running inventory software

 

[Pantlegz]

can't you manually set the port that it uses(if this is from a workstation to server connection we're talking about), if you're not going the tcp/ip way. Which I think would be the best(easiest) as it works with everything as long as there is a pprinter driver for the OS.