munjal@hpccc.HP.COM (Deepak Munjal) (06/05/90)
Does anyone know of a box that will take TCP/IP based Unix spooled printer output and convert it something an RS-232 printer can understand? This is basically a network printer, but all the products I've seen in this area are on the Novell architecture. Any info would be appreciated. Deepak
BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM (William "Chops" Westfield) (06/06/90)
Any number of tcp terminal servers can be configured in various ways to allow rs232 printers to talk to unix spooling systems. The three common ways are: 1) hack lpd to know about tcp connections. 2) hack the printcap files so that the appropriate filters do the actual data transmission instead of lpd. This is probably the easiest. 3) various utilities will create a /dev/foo type device which opens a tcp connection to an appropriate destination when accessed. Bill Westfield cisco Systems. -------
chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) (06/08/90)
In article <7290002@hpccc.HP.COM> munjal@hpccc.HP.COM (Deepak Munjal) writes: +--------------- | Does anyone know of a box that will take TCP/IP based Unix spooled | printer output and convert it something an RS-232 printer can understand? +--------------- Microtest 3519 East Shea Boulevard Suite 134 Phoenix, Az 85028 (800) 526-9675 They have a product called LANPORT which does exactly what you want, but for a Novel network. Call 'em anyway. If enough people express interest, they may make it. They're a small company and after all, "it's only software". New ROMs should do it. -crl -- Chad R. Larson ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or chad@anasaz.UUCP Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020 (602) 870-3330 "I read the news today, oh boy!" -- John Lennon
jim@syteke.be (Jim Sanchez) (06/08/90)
There is a product called lanpr from an outfit called nexus in Sweden that sends print jobs to an ip address and port number. The idea is that a printer can be connected to a terminal server port. The newest version also works with printers attaced to pcs and also lets pcs use the unix system printers. Sounds like a good product but I only played around with the earlier version. They company is on the net at lanpr@nexus.se so you can "ring them up" if you like. I have NO relationship with them except as a one-time user. Good luck -- Jim Sanchez | jim@syteke.be (PREFERRED) | OR {sun,hplabs}!sytek!syteke!jim Hughes LAN Systems | OR uunet!mcsun!ub4b!syteke!jim Brussels -- Jim Sanchez | jim@syteke.be (PREFERRED) | OR {sun,hplabs}!sytek!syteke!jim Hughes LAN Systems | OR uunet!mcsun!ub4b!syteke!jim Brussels
hagan@DCCS.UPENN.EDU (John Dotts Hagan) (06/13/90)
Does anyone have a version of Transcript that uses IP/TCP to open a connection to a postscript device and then do the print thing? The problem with most of the other mentioned methods is that they are one way connections - that is, the connection is opened and data is dumped from the host to the printer. Some (maybe all) of them can deal with flow control by not acking TCP frames, or such, but all the methods seem to not be able to read data from the printer. Postscript printers like to talk back (error messages, other stuff?) that lets you know what is going on. Anyone changed all the open's in the transcript package to be network connections? --Kid.