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From: john@maui.cs.ucla.edu (g janakiraman)
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Subject: Program to print over phone network on a remote PC???
Keywords: print, modem
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Date: 9 Jun 91 20:31:10 GMT
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Hi!

I am a novice DOS user, and I would like some advice and
suggestions in doing the following:

I have a commercial package that has a pull down menu option
to print something. I want to write a program that will 
capture what is to be sent to the printer, forward it
over a modem to a remote PC, and print it on the remote PC.

The concerns I have are:
1. Is it possible to capture what is being sent to the printer? 
   If yes, how?
2. Can I have it forwarded on the modem, even if I am running the
   commercial package?
3. What should be done at the remote PC, so that it sends the stuff
   that it receives on the modem to the printer? Would it work even 
   if someone is using that remote PC?


Any help would be appreciated. If such a program, or any part of it 
already exists, any pointers to the source code would be great.

Kindly send replies to john@cs.ucla.edu

Thanks.

John