[comp.os.vms] Print VMS => Dec-10

x_haraldsen%use.uio.uninett@TOR.NTA.NO.UUCP (05/21/87)

When we started moving from Dec-10 to VAX-cluster, we kept the old
remote printers on the Dec-10 as long as the users needed it there.
But, migrating, the users needed to send prints to the same printer
even from the VAXen. We implemented queues on the cluster, passing
the prints via Decnet to Dec-10, where the prints were resubmitted
for printing. The code used is available to the net (at your own risk).

*	Spool code for VAX (PASCAL)
*	Spool code for Dec-10 (MACRO-10)

A device-resetting string is used as a print separator.

Restrictions: If VAX queues are setup with BURST or TRAILERs, the
Dec-10 code will not recognize the print separator. In this case
the Dec-10 code uses a 2-minute timeout to decide end-of-print.

The code is just a couple of hundred lines, and can be passed by mail.

	Tore Haraldsen
	University of Oslo
	Central Computing Facility
	Norway

Beebe@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU ("Nelson H.F. Beebe") (05/22/87)

I would much appreciate a copy of your VMS-DEC10 spooler
software.
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