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From: jlk@boron.siesoft.co.uk (Jim Kissel)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: PC as LPR server
Message-ID: <1721@neon.siesoft.co.uk>
Date: 10 Nov 89 11:11:03 GMT
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Reply-To: jlk@siesoft.co.uk (Jim Kissel)
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Just a suggesting to allow printing of Unix files on you pc.  Not very
good but it works.

First get a copy of one of the NFS implementations for a pc.
(Sun, Siemens, Beame or FTP)

get it talking to you host computer.  Then persuade your system administrator
to export the directory that lpr dumps the spooled files to (/usr/spool etc)

Find out which one is the file you want to print
(try using rsh hostname lpr -q  or whatever your spooler needs)

Use the dos commant  print file1 file2..... file2 to print the files.

Not nice. Not automatic but it works (just)

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