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From: BEEBE@YALEMED.BITNET (Rick Beebe)
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Subject: RE: MISC. QUESTIONS
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Date: 18 Jan 90 18:02:00 GMT
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> 2.  LanSpool - Is there any way to automatically load LanSpool
>     from a specific workstation?  Currently, to activate
>     Lanspool, you must login to the "controlling workstation"
>     using a login name which loads NODE.  Students are
>     intermittently rebooting these controlling workstations,
>     causing LanSpool to be deactivated.  Is there any way that
>     NODE could be executed as part of a startup/reboot process?
>
>Thank you!
>
>Marty Mark
>University of Northern Iowa

We always have LanSpool automatically load through the autoexec.bat file on the
print servers. It isn't possible to run node on _other_ machines so that they
may print (if I get the drift of your question). The procedure is detailed in
the manual under setting up a non-dedicated print server.

Basically it involves copying ATTACH.EXE and MAP.EXE to the boot disk of the
print server. Then in autoexec put the lines:

              ATTACH FS1\lanspool;password              (lanspool is the usernam
e)
              MAP F:=FS1\SYS:PUBLIC                                     (so you
can log out later)
              MAP N:=FS1\SYS:LANSPOOL                           (the directory w
here it lives)
              N:
              NODE lanspool.ini                                         (we make
 one for each station)
              LOGOUT
              C:
              ...continue autoexec.bat....

If a user reboots the print server, any pending jobs will remain in the queue
(safely on the file server) and print as soon as the machine comes back up.

Hope this helps.

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