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From: bruce@chas2.UUCP (Bruce McLaughlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: lp spool system query
Message-ID: <507@chas2.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Aug-87 17:31:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: chas2.507
Posted: Wed Aug 12 17:31:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 05:48:43 EDT
References: <374@mrecvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: bruce@chas2.UUCP (Bruce McLaughlin)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Ca.
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Keywords: lpr spool lock

In article <374@mrecvax.UUCP> tron@mrecvax.UUCP (Carlos Mendioroz) writes:
>I 'm running ULTRIX 1.2 on a uVax and have a pair of printers connected
>to the same port (a tty line) via an inteligent switch.
>The problem is how to tell lpd that both printers share the same tty line
>and so, he shouldn't try to write both at the same time.
>I 've tried using the same spool directory but that didn't work.

I'm having the same trouble with a set of Sun 3/50's nfs'd together and 
sharing 4 printers (2 Epsons, 2 HP LJ+) off of two of the Sun serial ports.
We are trying to go through a set of "smart" boxes (The Logical Connection).

I found some filters in mod.sources Volume 3 for the laser printers, and am
now getting things other than garbage to print, but trying to get...

    Sun-A to spool things on Sun-B to printer-C while
    Sun-C spools to printer-D  while
    Sun-D spools to Sun-C for printer-A ..... etc.

Needless to say, the contention is not working out well.
Help, please????

     ... cit-vax!elroy!jplgodo!chas2!bruce 

  --Bruce McLaughlin          Jet Propulsion Laboratory
                              4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 301/250D
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