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From: BHOLMES@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (Brian Holmes)
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Subject: Re: PC as printer server?
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Date: 20 Sep 90 01:02:16 GMT
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On Wed, 19 Sep 90 19:58:22 GMT Ken Shaffer said:
>What I would like to do:  Have a printable file available on some PC,
>ftp to the print server, send the printable file to the print server
>to device PRN.
>
I believe a version of KA9Q was modified to do just this.  I'm not
sure if this was ever incorporated into the generally distributed
version on thumper.bellcore.co though.  Also, Clarkson's and NCSA's
TCP/IP packages cna do this also.

>It would be even more wonderful if the server program could be a TSR
>so that the print server PC could also be used as a PC while queuing
>takes place.
>

None of the above solutions will run as a TSR.  Sorry!

                        Brian Holmes
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