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My original post concerned creating a print mechanism such that I could
print from a DU box to a printer on a remote Win95 PC. My original post,
snipped, will be followed by the replies:
> Win95 client connected via PPP to an NT server, and running a telnet
> session to the DU 4.0a box. The terminal emulator I'm using on the Win95
> box is Netterm. Netterm is capable of performing "transparent printing",
> which looks to be a very handy feature.
> [...]
> This could likely be made easier with an LPD daemon for Windows 95, but I
> have yet to find one.
- From Stefan Heim:
I suppose what you want to do is to print from your DU box to a printer
connected to your Win95 box.
If that's what you want to do, get SAMBA from
http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html
or your favorite mirror, compile and install it. Then make the
printer on the Win95 a SMB share (Start->Settings->Printers, right-click
on the printer, sharing), login to your DU box and issue a comand like
cat file_to_print | smbclient \\\\win95host\\printer -P -c 'print -'
and/or have a look at the smbclient man page.
- From Kenneth Forward:
Try NIPrint, from Network Instruments (www.netinst.com) - it's a combined
lpr client/lpd daemon. I've only used it in client mode, but must say I'm
very happy with it. US$29 a copy, cheaper in quantity. There's a 21-day
demo you can download.
The Samba solution is one I should have thought of earlier, but on
reflection, I'm not sure if I can use it. The remote users are running an
application on the DU box through a terminal session, and that app is what
is creating the print job. Thus, we'd some way to set up a printcap entry
to call smbclient to carry out the print request. I haven't had a look at
Samba in a couple of years, so I don't know if this is possible. I think I
should have another look at Samba soon anyway.
What I will be proposing is the NIPrint LPD solution. I grabbed the demo,
installed it with no effort, created a printer, and sent a job to it which
printed just as I expected. Very slick, and should be easy for our users
to handle.
Take care!
Jon
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Jonathan Earle
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HUB Computer Consulting Inc.
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Received on Thu Jun 04 1998 - 22:06:12 NZST