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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Can Kermit Print?
Date: 11 Oct 1995 21:56:18 -0500
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In article <1995Oct10.170828.63367@cc.usu.edu>,
Joe Doupnik <jrd@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>> 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 a couple of extenuating circumstances. First, the PC's in
question have run for years with no problems, so reliability isn't
much of an issue. Also, they have old 1M Starlan cards we have
a 10-1 bridge which makes them transparently accessable using wiring
that is already in place where the little boxes would take more
ports off the 10BaseT hubs. But, aside from that, I run a custom
print spooler with a curses-based interface that makes it easy to
feed single sheets and control different forms on the same
printer, so I like having a terminal near the printers. Making one
free box do it all just seems like a good idea. Pprd over a packet
driver works fine for the printers, kermit over a packet driver
makes a nice terminal, and neither is much of a load even for
an old 8086.
Les Mikesell
les@mcs.com