Network Printing - What do you use?

> 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 are: 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.