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From: trier@cwlim.INS.CWRU.Edu (Stephen C. Trier)
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Subject: Re: Novell -> LPR printing
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Date: 17 Feb 91 04:59:13 GMT
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In article <1991Feb15.151750.29389@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, hughes@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (larry hughes) writes:
> Someone here has heard rumour about a mechanism for converting
> Novell print jobs into LPR jobs.  It's supposed to be public
> domain software available on a DECUS tape.  [...]

Well, I did it here by using Lanspool and a modified version of SU-PC/IP
lpr.  It ran on a dedicated PC.

The hack itself wasn't too hard.  You could probably implement it with
one of the free lpr programs out there in a couple days' work.  One warning:
you need to be able to run TCP/IP and NetWare on the same machine.  I did
that by installing two Ethernet cards.  A far better solution is to use
packet drivers and a single card.

The bridge was never used outside of testing; a project to port our TCP/IP
suite to packet drivers made it obsolete.

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