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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Printing on a remote host using ISC's 386/ix
Summary: Remote printing
Message-ID: <1990Mar9.180730.1386@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 9 Mar 90 18:07:30 GMT
References: <8614@bunny.GTE.COM> <LARRY.90Feb24152503@focsys.uucp> <1990Mar8.173527.2437@pcrat.uucp>
Reply-To: karl@mcs.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. - Mundelein, IL
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In article <1990Mar8.173527.2437@pcrat.uucp> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
>In article <LARRY.90Feb24152503@focsys.uucp> larry@focsys.uucp (Larry Williamson) writes:
>
>>   I'm trying to figure out how to transparently use a laser printer, 
>>   located on an Ethernet host, from my 386 running 386/ix version 2.0.2.  
>>   The host is running Ultrix.  Obviously, I could just use a shell script 
>>   with "cat $1|rsh <machine_name> /usr/ucb/lpr" but I'm looking for
>>   something better.
>
>I got a copy of "netlp" from ISC last September which implements a
>client-server network lp interface (though I've never tested it).
>According to the DISCLAIMER that came with the software, it was
>an unsupported and freely copyable work.  Perhaps someone at ISC
>could elaborate on the status and availablility of this program
>here in this forum.  I hesitate to send out a copy of "netlp"
>if it has been significantly improved and/or has become a bona-fide
>ISC product.

We have a "networked printer" spooler/client thing here that was sent to me.
It seems to work, but some optimizations I did to it (like not
reading/writing a character at a time) can cause ISC's TCP/IP to blow
cookies on the floor.  Once we have it stable I might consider posting it
(if I can get permission from the authors).

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