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From: gws@cbosgd.UUCP
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Subject: smart lp spooler
Message-ID: <3328@cbosgd.ATT.COM>
Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 07:44:32 EST
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.3328
Posted: Tue Feb  3 07:44:32 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Feb-87 02:28:30 EST
Reply-To: gws@cbosgd.UUCP (Gary W. Sanders)
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Organization: AT&T Medical Information Systems, Columbus
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I am looking for a smart line printer spooler and before I 
re-invent the wheel I want to see if anyone has already 
created one.

What I need is a line printer spooler that will "dialout" a 
tty port then go thru a series of send/receive scripts. Once these
scripts have suceeded then lp the file to the printer.

I have several printers currently hanging off of our data network
(DATAKIT), but I can only connect one machine to each printer. If
I try second machine and get a "port busy" message from the network,
the lp spooler dosent know that a printer is not there just that
it has DTR/DSR from the network and I get bits and bytes laying 
all over the floor. A mix between uucp scripts and lp is what I need.

Well, anyone got such a beast? or know of another solution?

Please use the path below for replys....
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Gary W. Sanders      {cbosgd|ihnp4}!gwspc!gws	AT&T Bell Labs (Columbus)
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