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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Can Kermit Print?
Message-Id: <1995Oct10.170828.63367@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 95 17:08:28 MDT
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In article <45e89v$2bf@Mercury.mcs.com>, les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> In article <1995Oct9.202742.63269@cc.usu.edu>,
> Joe Doupnik <jrd@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>>In article <45c0dg$vf@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, gaylord@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Clark Gaylord) writes:
>>> Many real terminals have a parallel port on them, which is initiated
>>> when a particular string is received and ended when another string
>>> is received. In between these strings, what is sent to the terminal
>>> gets routed directly to the printer. Can Kermit (esp either MSK or
>>> OS/2) do this? And if so, what is the command/initialization string?
>>-----------
>> Yes, they do. You need to read the documentation with Kermit
>>(of either flavor). For MSK, see file MSVIBM.VT for a cryptic description,
>>and the User's Manual (the book "Using MS-DOS Kermit") for a more wordy
>>rendition.
>
> I really wish there were a way to glue Ken Yapp's 'pprd' program
> that turns a pc into a dedicated print spooler (lpd or jetdirect
> protocol) into kermit or one of the other DOS telnet programs.
But why bother when there are reasonably priced "tiny boxes"
which do network printing for a variety of protocols? Those are much
more reliable than an old PC sitting in the corner.
> I have lots of old PC's that could be used to drive printers from
> network connections but I'd like to also have a telnet session from
> the same location to log into the host and control the spooler.
> Does such a thing already exist? I might try it myself but I
> don't have the right compiler to build kermit or NCSA telnet.
> Cutcp might work, though. Is anyone maintaining it?
No maintenance that I know of for years now.
Joe D.
> Les Mikesell
> les@mcs.com