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From: NEUMANN%AWIWUW11@WUW.WU-Wien.AC.AT (Gustaf Neumann)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: wanted: printer redirector that works still under windows 3.0
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Date: 3 Jul 90 01:08:19 GMT
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Our setup:
   several PCs hooked to an ethernet via packet drivers
   + several unix machines as 'disk and print servers'

Our problem:
   PC-NFS and MD-DOS (Univ. of Maryland TCP/IP) work as a charm as long
   MS Windows 3.0 is not involved. Both packages allow to assign the
   printerports of the PCs (eg lpt1) to eg Unix's lpd spool queues.

   Under Windows 3.0 the redirection of the printers ports is not
   recognized anymore (we found no setup such one could print under eg.
   MS-Word to lpt1). We can print to a file, switch to a dos window and
   print the file from there using COPY SPOOLFILE LPTx, which is not
   exactly what we want.

Windows 3.0 allows to configure the printerports for several networks
(IBM PC Lan, MS-Net, Bayan...). It has also a PrintManager that allows
to inspect print queues in the network (we have the PrintManager
deactivated). If a file is printed to say LPT1, Windows 3.0 comes up
with a message like 'No printer connected to LPT1; please check your
installation'. Under Windows 2.x printer redirection was slow
(characterwise handshake?) but it worked.

Any ideas? Fixes?? Patches????

For the people looking for a netwatch over packet drivers:
   Univ. of Maryland TCP/IP works with packet drivers
   (packet driver interface available from umd5.umd.edu in directory
   pub/pc/dosip) and has a NETWATCH.

   Univ. of Maryland TCP/IP has also NFS, telnet, TN3270, pop-mail,
   and many other neat features. I wish its NFS would eat less memory...

-gustaf

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Gustaf Neumann		neumann@dec4.wu-wien.ac.at, neumann@awiwuw11.bitnet
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
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