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From: HMILLER@SCU.BITNET ("Henry W. Miller")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Annex TCP Printer ports
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Date: 29 Jun 90 01:52:00 GMT
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        The Bureau is in the process of acquiring a number of Encores.
The unit destined to arrive here is a Multimax 310 running UMAX V.
It will be highly desirable to be able to utilize the printer attached
to the Annex as a network printer.  From what I have read, it should be
possible to spool a job to the Encore using TCP port 515, and have the
output go to the network printer.  However, it is also desirable to be
able to bypass the Encore and use the printer directly.  From what I have
read, the Encore prints to the Annex by opening a TCP connection to the
Annex on port 5000+N, where N is the port number on the Annex for the
printer.  Can someone confirm this for me?  It also appears that (from
reading the aprint code) that the Encore continues to dump 512 byte
buffers to the Annex until it's done.
 
        Is there some form of specification on how the Encore and the
Annex handle network printing?  Our eventual goal, BTW, is to allow
the Vaxes to spool to the Annex printer via a user written (i.e., me)
symbiont.
 
        Any help would be appreciated.
 
-HWM
 
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Henry W. Miller
Assistant Systems Manager, Mid Pacific Region
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
2800 Cottage Way MP1100
Sacramento, CA 95825
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