All,

I have a Windows NT domain. Our old backup domain controller used to
be our print server. We recently purchased several new printers and I
decided I would take that opportunity to retire our existing print
server. Well, I thought I researched my options and decided on a
Windows XP Professional box. Those of you in the know, are now saying
"uh oh." So yes, I learned the hard way about the 10 connection
limit. I adjusted the autodisconnect, wrote a script to automatically
disconnect idle connections, etc., etc. Even with all this, this
Windows XP Professional "print server" is not going to cut it.

As I see it, my options a upgrade our domain to something more
recent (not an option right now); go back to the old print server
(undesirable, but I will if I have to); get into a Linux/Samba
solution (is this really necessary?); buy a $2000 stand-alone HP
appliance (expensive); or set up all 70+ users to print directly to IP
addresses.

Am I missing something here? What are people using to serve their
network printers?

Thanks,
T.