hhg1@GTE.COM (Hallett German) (10/09/89)
Is there a way to have an HP Laserjet as a shared printer among a series of PCs connected to a VAX with Wollongong's NFS (Each PC has PC-NFS 3.01). In other words usinfg the net print command to send output to a Laserjet from any PC with PC-NFS active? If yes, is it possible to download fonts as well. I need an answer as soon as reasonable (which will be greatly appreciated) to help users decide which system is best for them. Hal German GTE Labs 40 Sylvan Rd Waltham Ma 02254 617-466-2290 NESUG BBS 508-263-1499 7:30 am-6:30pm M&Tu
geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) (10/10/89)
In article <7612@bunny.GTE.COM> hhg1@GTE.COM (Hallett German) writes: >Is there a way to have an HP Laserjet as a shared printer among a series >of PCs connected to a VAX with Wollongong's NFS (Each PC has PC-NFS >3.01). In other words usinfg the net print command to send output >to a Laserjet from any PC with PC-NFS active? We've done it with a Sun server, without any problems. Note that under PC-NFS 3.0.1 you may need to use the "Raw" option to avoid the new filtering code. I don't know about Wollongong's server side. Does anmyone from TWG read this group? >If yes, is it possible to download fonts as well. I believe so, but I'd trust end-user experience over a vendor's assertion any day! Geoff Arnold, Internet: geoff@East.Sun.COM PCDS Group, Sun Microsystems Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Who's next?" "Me, doctor?" "No, ME doctor, YOU patient." (Graham Chapman, RIP)
perl@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman) (10/12/89)
In article <900@east.East.Sun.COM> geoff@East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes: >In article <7612@bunny.GTE.COM> hhg1@GTE.COM (Hallett German) writes: >>Is there a way to have an HP Laserjet as a shared printer... >>...from any PC with PC-NFS active? >We've done it with a Sun server, without any problems... >>If yes, is it possible to download fonts as well. >I believe so, but I'd trust end-user experience over a vendor's >assertion any day! We use LaserJets and PostScript printers as shared printers for our PC-NFS users. For the LaserJet to use downloadable fonts you must set the tty port on you print server (i.e. your UNIX/NFS box) to pass 8 bits, this generaly means raw mode & hardware handshaking, but some systems, SYS V I think, will let you use "stty pass8"). With the PostScript printers our "lp" interface script determines if the incomming file is already PostScript or plain text. PostScript gets sent straight along while text goes through a filter to convert it to PostScript first. Other than the pain imposed by DOS of having to signal end-of-print (PC_NFS gives three options: HOT-KEY, Time-Out or Quit-the-Program) it works well. We print from WordStar, Lotus, Word Perfect, Symphony and other application programs without problems. (Well, that's not completely true: we use the HOT-KET (Alt-P) to signal end-of-print, and most software we use seems to buffer the keyboard, so we usualy have to "threaten" to "escape to DOS" to get the application to let go of the keypress.) -- Richard Perlman * perl@pbseps.pacbell.com || {ames,sun,att}!pacbell!pbseps!perl 180 New Montgomery St. rm 602, San Francisco, CA 94105 |*| 1(415) 545-0233
ian@boron.siesoft.co.uk (Ian Chapman) (10/13/89)
In article <7612@bunny.GTE.COM> hhg1@GTE.COM (Hallett German) writes: >Is there a way to have an HP Laserjet as a shared printer among a series >of PCs connected to a VAX with Wollongong's NFS (Each PC has PC-NFS >3.01). In other words usinfg the net print command to send output >to a Laserjet from any PC with PC-NFS active? > >If yes, is it possible to download fonts as well. > We used PC-NFS for exactly this purpose in the past with no problems. We were using a Sun 3/50 running SunOS 4.0 and Siemens MX machines as servers. The font downloading also worked fine. Assuming the Wollongong server behaves the same as the Unix servers you should be fine. Siemens DFS also works in exactly the same way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Chapman Telephone +44 734 443042 (Direct line) Team Leader +44 734 691994 (Switchboard) Siemens plc Systems Development Group Fax +44 734 698847 Woodley House Telex 846053 SIESOF G 65-73 Crockhamwell Road Woodley, Reading E-Mail ian@siesoft.co.uk Berkshire RG5 3JP ian@siesoft.uucp Great Britain ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!siesoft!ian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) (10/13/89)
In article <652@pbseps.UUCP> perl@pbseps.PacBell.COM (Richard Perlman) writes: >We use LaserJets and PostScript printers as shared printers for our >PC-NFS users. For the LaserJet to use downloadable fonts you must set >the tty port on you print server (i.e. your UNIX/NFS box) to pass 8 >bits, this generaly means raw mode & hardware handshaking, but some >systems, SYS V I think, will let you use "stty pass8"). 4.3BSD uses "stty pass8". System V has a more fine-grained tty driver so that output/input character handling is decoupled from the interface details (such as #data bits, parity, stop bits, speed etc). Therefore, a System V machine will always transmit 8 bits without resorting to "raw" mode if the interface is set to 8 data bits (w or w/o parity). Furthermore, software handshake will work just fine, since flow control is a separate parameter in the tty driver and isn't coupled to some special "mode". -- Robert Claeson E-mail: rclaeson@erbe.se ERBE DATA AB