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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: trying to kludge an lp
- References: <DM2sBF.9su@muse.calarts.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 96 07:06:32 EDT
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- In article <DM2sBF.9su@muse.calarts.edu> cflorimo@muse.calarts.edu (Cory Florimonte) writes:
- > Hello. I'm running a network of amigas. The server is an
- > A3000-UX tower, the nodes are eight A3000's running AS225 Beta 3. My
- > printer is a QUME HP-emulating laser hooked up to one of the NODES,
- > not to the server.
-
- beta 3?
-
- > What I want to be able to do is print from any of the nodes to
- > the printer; not only ascii files, but also Final Writer output and such.
- >
- > The best thing I can think of is to intercept stuff on it's way
- > to PRT: and remote copy (rcp) it to the prt: device of the node that has
- > the printer. Is there a way to do this? anyone have better ideas?
-
- As part of I-Net 225, we include an lpr/lpd (for Unix compatible printing
- solutions) and wprint/wprintd (which provides the same capability somewhat
- more efficiently for an Amiga-only network).
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- // Michael B. Smith
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