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From: ntitley@axion.bt.co.uk (Nigel Titley)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: LPS20 -- User info wanted
Keywords: Network laser printer
Message-ID: <9002211602.AA19523@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>
Date: 8 Feb 90 15:00:20 GMT
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In article <9002072151.AA21158@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>, jmr@NADA.KTH.SE (Jan
Michael Rynning) writes:
> 
> In article <9001230340.AA13706@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>
rcpt@eutrc4.urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers) writes:
> >The LPS20 Laserprinter from DEC seems an interesting printer. According to
> >its specification this printer has the following abilities:
> > [...]
> > d) can be hooked up to DECnet and/or TCP/IP (network printer).
> 
> According to a DEC salesman I talked to, the printer can only be hooked
> up to DECnet, so if you want to use TCP/IP with it, you'll need an ULTRIX
> machine as a gateway.  He also told me that the software that runs on the
> ULTRIX machine doesn't support the UNIX LPD protocol, so you'll have to
> implement DEC's proprietary printer protocol on your TCP/IP machines.

You can now buy two variants of the LPS20/40 software. One is decnet based
and one is tcp/ip. There also exist VMS/DECNET, ULTRIX/DECNET clients.

I've got specs and prices right here on my desk.

We, unfortunately are stuck with a couple of VMS machines on a largely UNIX
network so it looks like we'll have to go for the decnet version.

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