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From: asbuilt@sjrpp.UUCP (SJRPP CAD Drafting Staff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: remote plotting
Message-ID: <2053@sjrpp.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 18:36:39 GMT
References: <15641@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: asbuilt@sjrpp (SJRPP CAD Drafting Staff)
Organization: St. Johns River Power Park, Jacksonville, Fl.
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In article <15641@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt3930c@prism.gatech.EDU writes)
 :-) 
 :-)  	I was hoping someone out there might be able to help me with
 :-) a small problem. We have access to a number of machines, but only one
 :-) has an hpgl plotter attached to it ( the plotter is /dev/ttyd3). Is there
 :-) some way we could access it from other machines? I was thinking along the
 :-) lines of some mail type server, where you would send mail to plotter@...
 :-) and if there is something in /usr/mail/plotter the file gets plotted.
 :-) Any help solving this problem would be appreciated.
 :-) 				H-----
 :-) PS can email directly if you'd like at zuccola@max.gatech.edu 

What's wrong with "lpr"? That's what we do and it seems to be OK.
"hpgl" plotters on maching "sjrpp" printcap entrys:

#   hp 7550a table plotter
#   Plotter is set-up factory default except for xon/xoff handshake
#   which is set from /usr/local/lib/hp/hp7550a script
#   (see device set-up in Freelance instructions page A-20)
hp7550a|HP|hplot|hp 7550a plotter:\
	:lp=/dev/ttyh2:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/baytech:\
	:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:\
	:rm=sjrpp:\
	:rp=hp7550a:\
	:mx#0:\
	:br#9600:\
	:sh:\
	:ms=-parity,-cstopb,-ignpar,ixon,ixoff,-echo:\
	:of=/usr/local/lib/hp/hp7550a:
#   Calcomp plotter
calcomp|1043gt|calcomp 1043 GT plotter:\
	:lp=/dev/ttyh1:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/calcomp:\
	:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:\
	:rm=sjrpp:\
	:rp=calcomp:\
	:br#9600:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:\
	:sf:\
	:ms=cs7,parenb,-parodd,-ignpar,ixon,ixoff,-echo:
#	:of=/usr/local/lib/calcomp/calcomp:\
#   parallel port Raster Graphics Printer
rg|mcp|paralell|mcp paralell port:\
	:lp=/dev/mcpp0:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/mcp:\
	:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:\
	:rm=sjrpp:\
	:rp=rg:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:


The printcap entry on the other machines is similar except for the :lp=
and :ms# stuff.

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St. Johns River Power Park -------- Technical Services Deptartment
Jacksonville, FL 32226                         PHONE:(904)751-7835