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From: jweldon@renegade.sgi.com (Jack Weldon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Tektronix 4693 printer driver needed for the Iris 2500/3130 series
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Date: 22 Dec 89 23:09:48 GMT
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In article <8912211253.aa21967@AOS.BRL.MIL> eferry@LVAX.BRL.MIL ("Earl N. Ferry") writes:
>
>   We just received the Tektronix 4693 wax printer we ordered some time
>ago, and I was wondering if anyone out there has a driver for it from the
>old Iris 3000's and 2500's?  We have two 4D/20's, but typically most of our
>users produce hard copies from the 2500/3000 since they are more accessable
>than the 4D's.  Any help in locating a driver for the TEK4693 from the 2500/
>3000 would be greatly appreciated.
>
>              Earl Ferry, Jr.
>              Bitnet: eferry@brl.mil

Currently there is no driver from SGI for the 4693 printer on a 3000 series,
but you can easily implement what you desire by setting up one of the PIs as
a printserver for the 3000s.  Just setup the 4693 as a local printer on the
PI, and use mknetpr(1M) on the 3000s and the other PI to spool your print
jobs to the 4693.  Granted, it's not like having the 4693 next to you, but
hopefully it's just a short walk away.

Jack Weldon
System Engineer--Communications Group
SGI Product Support