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From: eljazzar@utkux1.utk.edu (Mohamad El Jazzar)
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Subject: Remote printing (again)
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Date: 22 Apr 91 22:12:30 GMT
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Apparently I did not clarify a few points in my previous posting, so here is
more info:

I am trying to access printers attached to VAX/VMS system from a NexTStation
through an intermediate system (call it host1) that is authorized to us the 
VMS queues.

The NeXT is listed in host1's /etc/hosts.lpd, so authorization is not a
problem.

Also, the /etc/printcap entries on the NeXT specify host1 as a remote host
for the printers that I'm trying to access.  niload was later used to
update the NetInfo database.

Now, I can use lpr from a shell window with no problems at all.  However,
whenever I try to print from within applications, I do not get anywhere.

All I get is the following error message (by mail):

	Your printer job 
	was not printed because it was not linked to the original file
	
I tried to trace the problem by disabling queueing and printing on the
various queues, and it seems that the problem is between the NeXT and the
intermediate host.

I could not find any reference to this error message, so I don't know
where to go to next..

any comments are welcome..


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U. of Tenn. Computing Center               BITNET:   eljazzar@utkvx
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