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From: rainwatr@ucqais.uc.edu (Donald J. Rainwater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Remote printing from an RT...
Keywords: How
Message-ID: <1672@ucqais.uc.edu>
Date: 12 May 89 20:20:33 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati Computer Center
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Here I go again...

I have an RT running AIX 2.2.1.  It's connected via Ethernet to the campus
network, and is being domain nameserved by one of our VAX/VMS systems
running SRI Multinet TCP/IP.  [Thanks to those of you who helped me out on
setting up my Ethernet connection.]

The documentation tells me that I can use the VAX as a printserver.  I have
the RT authorized (on the VAX) for printing. I use the following command on
the RT to (try to) print a file:

	print rp0 -pserver=nodename -pqueue=queuename filename

		nodename  = the VAX
		queuename = a queue on the VAX
		filename  = a file on the RT

I have LPD logging enabled on the VAX, and the log says that the print
request was successfully received.  But the file never comes out on the
specified queue.  I've tried several queues to no avail.

I used prtsvr.inst from /usr/lpp/tcpip/samples to define rp0.  That seems
to have worked okay, since the print request is getting to the VAX.

Is there something else I need to do on the RT?  On the VAX?  Also, is there
a way that I can make the domain nameserving VAX the default destination for
printing?

Thanks for any help.