How do you set up a printer server?

Is it possible to set up a network printer without having the print drivers on the print server?

• I have an older computer that I put Ubunutu 9.10 on only to find that my Lexmark x3430 printer has become a paper weight with it. Would it be possible for me to connect to this printer from a Windows 7 laptop over my network? It seems to me that for the printer sharing to work, the proper print drivers have to be on the Linux machine, but that's either not possible, or I just can't do it. Any advice?

• Answer:

  Hmmmm... not sure. Usually you can't really use a network printer with 2 different operating systems trying to communicate with each other. You either need to get some sort of compatibility program for Ubuntu, such as Wine (which, in my opinion, would be WAY too much work) or you could just transfer the file(s) you need printed over using a flash drive. Sorry, but print servers are usually only designed to communicate with clients with the same operating system.