damon@thunder.et.iupui.EDU (Damon Beals) (04/27/91)
Hello Neters. I am looking for a program that runs on a IBM PC that will allow a printer connected to the Parallel or Serial port to work like a Unix server like LPD or something. The example, to place a pc in a lab that students telneting to a Unix machine can print to the lab printer not attached to the unix machine. A remote print server of sort. Any other products? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* * Damon Beals <<< damon@thunder.cadcam.iupui.edu >>> * * Indiana University - Purdue University At Indianapolis, IN * *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd) (04/30/91)
damon@thunder.et.iupui.EDU (Damon Beals) writes: >Hello Neters. > I am looking for a program that runs on a IBM PC that will allow >a printer connected to the Parallel or Serial port to work like a Unix server >like LPD or something. The example, to place a pc in a lab that students >telneting to a Unix machine can print to the lab printer not attached to the >unix machine. A remote print server of sort. Any other products? >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >* Damon Beals <<< damon@thunder.cadcam.iupui.edu >>> * >* Indiana University - Purdue University At Indianapolis, IN * >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* According to the documentation and product literature for PC-NFS 3.5 the LPD command is supported for any node on the network with a printer attached. I too am interested in whether or not this is available and works well. Actual hands on experience and reflections thereof are needed. barry -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Barry B. Floyd \\\ barry_floyd@mts.rpi.edu | | Manager Information Systems - HR \\\ usere9w9@rpitsmts | +-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute--------------------troy, ny 12180-+
beame@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Beame) (04/30/91)
In article <_-zg-jm@rpi.edu> barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd) writes: >damon@thunder.et.iupui.EDU (Damon Beals) writes: > >>Hello Neters. >> I am looking for a program that runs on a IBM PC that will allow >>a printer connected to the Parallel or Serial port to work like a Unix server >>like LPD or something. The example, to place a pc in a lab that students >>telneting to a Unix machine can print to the lab printer not attached to the >>unix machine. A remote print server of sort. Any other products? > > >>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >>* Damon Beals <<< damon@thunder.cadcam.iupui.edu >>> * >>* Indiana University - Purdue University At Indianapolis, IN * >>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > >According to the documentation and product literature for PC-NFS 3.5 >the LPD command is supported for any node on the network with a printer >attached. I too am interested in whether or not this is available and >works well. Actual hands on experience and reflections thereof are >needed. > >barry > >-- >+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| Barry B. Floyd \\\ barry_floyd@mts.rpi.edu | >| Manager Information Systems - HR \\\ usere9w9@rpitsmts | >+-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute--------------------troy, ny 12180-+ Sun's PC-NFS provides an LPD which can handle several printers off the same PC, with the program running in the foreground or background. You would probably run it in the foreground as it takes up an additional 130K of memory. Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd. in their new BW-NFS 2.20 has a background only LPD which can only talk to a single printer per PC. It takes less then 6K of memory. - Carl Beame Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd. (416) 648-6556
drt@cysog.UUCP (David R. Trinidad) (05/01/91)
barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd) writes: >damon@thunder.et.iupui.EDU (Damon Beals) writes: [ Original article deleted ] >According to the documentation and product literature for PC-NFS 3.5 >the LPD command is supported for any node on the network with a printer >attached. I too am interested in whether or not this is available and >works well. Actual hands on experience and reflections thereof are >needed. 1. We have PC-NFS installed and tried to use the LPD on the PC's but .. We have AT&T UNIX so the deamon provided did not work and will have to be ported. The LPD TSR takes up 128 K whicj puts a heck of a crimp on memory when one adds up the drivers. Not a very good option at all ... UNIX spools great so we decided to put a UNIX box near our users and connect printers near enough to their workstation where as the LPD point is mute .... ************************************************************************ Organization: Cycare Systems Internet : drt%cysog@hbiso.ma02.bull.com UUNET: uunet!hbiso!cysog!drt Phone: (602) 224 0555 | FAX: (602) 224 0872 System: B.O.S. UNIX | UNIX isn't just an OS | It's a way of life !!!!! ***********************************************************************
rcsmith@anagld.analytics.com (Ray Smith) (05/02/91)
damon@thunder.et.iupui.EDU (Damon Beals) writes: >Hello Neters. > I am looking for a program that runs on a IBM PC that will allow >a printer connected to the Parallel or Serial port to work like a Unix server >like LPD or something. The example, to place a pc in a lab that students >telneting to a Unix machine can print to the lab printer not attached to the >unix machine. A remote print server of sort. Any other products? I recently read a product description for something from FTP Software Inc. which does what you want. It basically implements a Berkely style LPD on the PC. The phone number I have for them is 617-246-0900 you may want to give them a call. -Ray -- Ray Smith Computer Sciences Corporation - Systems Engineering Division Formerly Analytics, Inc. rcsmith@analytics.com -or- {uunet,aplcen,wb3ffv,sundc}!anagld!rcsmith -or- RCSmith@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL