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From: cohen@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Ron Cohen)
Subject: Re: Windows3.0 and PCNFS
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.013446.7177@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Keywords: PCNFS Printer Sharing
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 01:34:46 GMT

In article <tw.671951688@mullauna> tw@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Thomas Weichert) writes:
>We are using pcnfs for shared devices in the department form our Labtam
>386/20 with a 3COM501 card. trying to print from within Word for Windows
>doesn't produce any results at all other than the print manager returning
>the message "printer error cannot communicate with printer check ..bla bla"
>Has anybody else out there a similar setup running?
>The printer is a Applewriter Plus connected via Multigate(Interfacing device
>for Appletelk to Ethernet) to our network using a Sun 3/50 as server with
>var/tmps/muggi as spool directory. Everything works ok using the net print
>command of PCNFS for ASCII files and the likes, but the intention is of course
>to use postscript if possible!
>
>Any help appreciated
>Thank YOU(whoever)				Thomas
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I have the same problem with a different hardware setup, so I suspect a basic 
incompatibility between windows and PCNFS.
  Ron