Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:31698 comp.sys.dec:4336 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!usc!hacgate!wlbr!WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM!mcc From: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Parallel printers on a VAX Message-ID: <59627@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM> Date: 22 Oct 90 11:41:07 GMT References: <680@incstar.uucp> <1753.2721c4a9@dcs.simpact.com> Sender: news@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM Reply-To: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM.UUCP (Merton Campbell Crockett) Followup-To: comp.os.vms Organization: Contel Federal Systems Lines: 27 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: In article <1753.2721c4a9@dcs.simpact.com> jeh@dcs.simpact.com writes: >In article <680@incstar.uucp>, lhotka@incstar.uucp (Glamdring) writes: >> What is the best way to connect [parallel-interface] printers to our 6410 >> running VMS? > >Assuming your 6410 has a VAXBI bus (some 6400 configurations live quite happily >without one), you could get some DMB32's (three of them) to give you three >parallel ports along with 24 serial ports. Assuming your 6410 has a UNIBUS (it's supported but may be an option, I don't have my manuals here at home), you could add three additional M7258 parallel printer interfaces (LP11) which are supported by VMS. As the LANtronics Ethernet Terminal/Printer Server was mentioned in the pre- vious posting, you could also consider the Emulex Performance 4000 product. It is a LAT TCP/IP server as is the LANtronics product. Their one upsman- ship in the LAT product race is a Centronics parallel printer port in add- ition to the, more or less, standard 16 serial ports. If your printers are Dataproduct printers, you can also buy a serial inter- face for them. It has a switch selectable Full Duplex ACK/NAK Protocol option which requires you to transmit the data framed by and . It returns an when the data is correctly received without parity error and a otherwise. It also uses and and hardware signaling for flow control. Merton