From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 18 17:33:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA20256 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 17:33:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.infi.net (h-aaron.dc.infi.net [204.117.149.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA20230 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 17:33:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rjs@localhost) by localhost.infi.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA04421; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:36:49 GMT Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:36:48 +0000 () From: Ron Steele X-Sender: rjs@localhost To: Terry Lambert cc: Wes Peters , terry@lambert.org, ron@infi.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing with pcnfs In-Reply-To: <199601182041.NAA06122@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > > I recently stated: > > > Nope. PC-NFS printing uses an nfs mount to spool files to the server, > > > then a command to pcnfsd on the server system to print the file. You > > > need to make sure pcnfsd is running on your printer server system, and > > > then review the pcnfsd configuration file to make sure your printer > > > has been configured there. > > > > Terry Lambert replied: > > % You have got to be kidding. > > % > > % I'm positive I set one up to use LPR protocol -- it was using a VMS > > % system as a host. > > % > > % Are you sure you aren't thinking of Wollongong's stuff instead of Sun's? > > > > Positive. From the pcnfsd man page on HP-UX 9.07: > > [ ... ] > > You can download an LPR print redirector for use on top of Winsock > from ftp.cdrom.com's Windows archive. I suggest you use that instead. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org Now this looks like a good idea! The pcnfs stuff looked a bit kludgy to me, and I just plain can't get it work. Ron