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- From: WBELL@NOMVS.LSUMC.EDU (Bill Bell)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re:Re:Re: Remote Print
- Message-ID: <10245825@MVB.SAIC.COM>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:47 CST
- 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 (Multi
- >>>> V3.1 Rev A; VAX/VMS 5.4-2). The problem is that it doesn't work wi
- >>>> all my software. When I send to device NLP0: with a certain packag
- >>>> programs it acts as if something is going across but nothing comes
- >>>> the terminal server port.
- >>>>
- >>>> The program package has worked virtually flawlessly with all manner
- >>>> of spooled devices for six years, so I strongly suspect the deficie
- >>>> is in MultiNet. The package is a proprietary vendor product, so I
- >>>> get at the source code to see what it is doing. I haven't been abl
- >>>> reproduce the problem with any programs I have written. Support ha
- >>>> 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
- >>> VAX.
-
- >> Thanks for the response Ken. I have already tried stopping the qu
- >> Things really act strange in that situation. Nothing makes it to the
- >> queue and I can't find that anything was spooled anywhere. Further,
- >> the software package no longer acts like it's trying to send output,
- >> i.e., there is no pause on the terminal. There appears no use in ev
- >> setting up a Sniffer trace.
-
- > I spoke with Bruce Miller (who spoke with you on the phone a few
- > days ago). I suggest you try setting something like LPA0 to spool to
- > a MultiNet queue. The NLP0 device is only a placeholder that you can
- > SET DEVICE/SPOOL; it really doesn't matter if you use it, or a differe
- > device. Maybe MUMPS cares...
- >
- > Ken
-
- Thanks Ken. Your suggestion works perfectly! You just made my life
- a whole lot simpler.
- Bill
-