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- From: adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re: Remote Printing
- Message-ID: <930121083722.64c000e0@TGV.COM>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:37:22 PST
- Organization: Info-Multinet<==>Vmsnet.Networks.Tcp-Ip.Multinet Gateway
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- > I have setup a STREAM remote printer to a terminal server port with
- > CONFIGURE /PRINTERS as per the System Administrators' Guide (MultiNet
- > V3.1 Rev A; VAX/VMS 5.4-2). The problem is that it doesn't work with
- > all my software. When I send to device NLP0: with a certain package of
- > programs it acts as if something is going across but nothing comes out
- > the terminal server port.
-
- > The program package has worked virtually flawlessly with all manner of
- > of spooled devices for six years, so I strongly suspect the deficiency
- > is in MultiNet. The package is a proprietary vendor product, so I can't
- > get at the source code to see what it is doing. I haven't been able to
- > reproduce the problem with any programs I have written. Support has
- > recommended I air the problem here in hope that someone can help.
-
- The best way to test this is to STOP/QUEUE/NEXT the MultiNet
- printer queue, print the file, and examine what you have in the
- queue (the entry and the contents of the file). Then get a network
- analyzer running, START/QUEUE the queue, and see what comes out of the
- VAX.
-
- Ken
-