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  • Re: win printer question

    From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 18:50:10
    On Thu, 9/3/2026 10:04 PM, T wrote:
    Hi All,

    I thought printer manufactures had stopped the stupid practice
    of taking firmware out of their printers and putting it into
    software (Win printers).ÿ But I just came across a specialty
    printer that is a win printer that a customer wants networked
    to three computers.

    Because it is a"win printer and no Ethernet, which does not work
    with a win printer anyway, I figure I will have to usb connect
    the printer to one of the three workstations and then network
    share the win printer.

    But it occurred to me, if it is a win printer, will it even
    be able to be shared from that workstation?

    Yours in Confusion,
    -T

    Ask your LLM-AI "What printing standards does <Make> <Model> of
    printer support ? What kind of device can I use as a print server
    over a USB cable interface to that printer ?"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol

    "IPP also allows printing to a printer connected via USB,
    by sending the IPP protocol commands via a USB connection[24]."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol

    Paul

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  • From Valerio Vanni@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 14:31:50
    On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 13:34:50 -0700, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Got the official name for a "Win Printer": host-rendered printer

    ChatGPT thinks it is possible and as it is part of the Windows
    print spec. Just use:

    Printer Properties ? Sharing ? Render print jobs on client computers

    I remember some case (cheap HP printers) where printing on network
    shared port \\pc1\printer1 didn't work.

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  • From Valerio Vanni@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 22:04:59
    On Sat, 5 Sep 2026 07:02:13 -0700, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Printer Properties ? Sharing ? Render print jobs on client computers

    I remember some case (cheap HP printers) where printing on network
    shared port \\pc1\printer1 didn't work.


    And it is hard to tell if the problem is W11, HP, or both!

    The cases I remember were about some older Windows.
    The prolem was HP driver, able to work only via USB.

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