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From: cottrell@dlorsc.enet.dec.com (Ken Cottrell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: lpr from Sun to DEC to lat printer...
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.082435@dlorsc.enet.dec.com>
Date: 12 Apr 91 13:24:35 GMT
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Reply-To: cottrell@dlorsc.enet.dec.com (Ken Cottrell)
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Here is the setup:

I have a Sun 4 networked to a DECstation 3100 (via TCP/IP), and the same DS3100
is talking to a 
laser printer via a LAT terminal server.  I set up the DS3100's printcap file so
that the DEC is able
to send files to the printer via PORT_7 on the terminal server, no problem. I
have also setup the
printcap file on the Sun, with the "rp" field pointing the corresponding
printername entry in the
DEC printcap file, and the SUN printcap entry "rm" pointing to the DEC hostname.

What we want to do use this command from the Sun to send files thru the Ultrix
box to the laser
printer:

	sun_host> lpr -Plat_printer filename

Things seem to be on the verge of working, but I  get a msg on the Sun  saying
that its waiting 
for the queue to start on the DEC. Any ideas ? (I can run the lpr command on the
DEC to the lat
printer and it works)

(My apologies for not including the /etc/printcap files or the actual error
messages - I don't 
have access to the machines right now)

Thanks,

Ken 214/404-6402