henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) (07/07/89)
I have a Appletalk printer connected to a MicroVaxII via Alisaprint and a kinetics box. This gives good service both as a spooler for the Mac users and as a postscript printer for the VMS users. I now would like to add this printing service for a Sun 3 that is connected via TCP/IP. Has anyone done this before? I have been toying with the idea of a unix print task that bundles the file up, ftp's it over to the vax where another automatic task is looking to print anything that shows up on its doorstep. This would work, but it seems like there ought to be an easier way. Any suggestions? -- Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry 1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634
rad@mbunix.mitre.org (Richard A. Dramstad) (07/08/89)
In article <741@hutto.UUCP> henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) writes: >I have a Appletalk printer connected to a MicroVaxII via Alisaprint >and a kinetics box. This gives good service both as a spooler for the >Mac users and as a postscript printer for the VMS users. I now would >like to add this printing service for a Sun 3 that is connected via >TCP/IP. Has anyone done this before? I have been toying with the idea >of a unix print task that bundles the file up, ftp's it over to the vax >where another automatic task is looking to print anything that shows up >on its doorstep. This would work, but it seems like there ought to be >an easier way. Any suggestions? Yes, you could install TOPS on the Sun. In addition to giving you TOPS file services for your Macs on the Sun, it allows you to create line printer (sic) queues that point to your AppleTalk-connected LaserWriters. I think you're probably talking about less than $1K to do this,too. Also, because of the Berkeley/Sun remote line printer capabilities, other Suns or BSD-derivative Unix boxes on your net can also get to the Mac's laser printers. I bounce my Ultrix printouts off a Sun to a laser printer just outside my door -- the same one I use for my Mac printouts. I like it a lot. >Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry >1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634 Dick Dramstad
edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (07/16/89)
In article <58710@linus.UUCP> rad@mbunix (Dramstad) writes: >In article <741@hutto.UUCP> henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) writes: >>I have a Appletalk printer connected to a MicroVaxII via Alisaprint >>and a kinetics box. This gives good service both as a spooler for the >>Mac users and as a postscript printer for the VMS users. I now would >>like to add this printing service for a Sun 3 that is connected via >>TCP/IP. > > Yes, you could install TOPS on the Sun. In addition to giving >you TOPS file services for your Macs on the Sun, it allows you to >create line printer (sic) queues that point to your AppleTalk-connected >LaserWriters. I think you're probably talking about less than $1K to >do this,too. > > Also, because of the Berkeley/Sun remote line printer >capabilities, other Suns or BSD-derivative Unix boxes on your net can >also get to the Mac's laser printers. I bounce my Ultrix printouts off >a Sun to a laser printer just outside my door -- the same one I use for >my Mac printouts. I like it a lot. You can also get the Columbia AppleTalk Package (CAP), version 5.0, FREE, from anonumous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (in the info-mac/unix) directory or from cunixc.cc.columbia.edu. Here at UC Berkeley, we have quite a few sites, that use CAP, bith for print spooling and file serving. It is even a support service that we in the Computer Center provide for Unix machines that have nearby AppleTalk networks. CAP also uses the standard lpr facilities of BSD Unix, so you can make one machine the "direct connection" to the AppleTalk-connected LaserWriter and indirectly spool from other UNIX hosts. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy