[comp.protocols.appletalk] 5 Unix printers require 5 instances of lwsrv ??

eho@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Eric Ho) (05/03/90)

I've 5 Unix printers attached to 5 *separate* Suns (over the Suns'
serial ports).  The Unix printers are just plain laserwriters but all Sun
users use the Transcript package on these printers (e.g. print troff/ditroff,
latex, text, & pic files).

I also have a Fastpath.  There're a couple of Macs but *no* laserwriter on
the Appletalk net.

Now, is it true that in order for my Macs to access ALL the Unix printers, I
need to fireup 5 instances of lwsrv -- each lwsrv for each Unix printer ?

I'll nice though if lwsrv can act as a clearinghouse of some sort -- i.e.
smart enough to route print jobs to the right Unix printer.

any pointers appreciated.
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Eric Ho  
Princeton University
eho@clarity.princeton.edu