Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!datri
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: printing at X terminals
Message-ID: <104111@convex.convex.com>
Date: 19 Jul 90 20:47:19 GMT
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>The 'right' thing to do is to put an Ethernet board in the printer,
>and hook it up on to the Ethernet right next to the X terminal.  Or if
>the X terminal is on a serial line, run another one to the printer.

Ethernet would still be a high-cost transport for the cheap printers that
are often used in such applications, and this only replaces the problem
with a differnet problem, since there is no standard for how one communicates
with an ethernettted printer.

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