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- From: twriter@rd.hydro.on.ca (Timothy Writer)
- Subject: Re: UNIX --> DOS remote printing
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.202633.2309@rd.hydro.on.ca>
- Reply-To: twriter@rd.hydro.on.ca
- Organization: "Ontario Hydro - Research Division"
- References: <31455@hydra.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 20:26:33 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- karell@cs.Helsinki.FI (Esa Karell) writes:
-
- >Hi,
-
- >Is anyone aware of packages (PD or commercial) that
- >allow UNIX boxes to send print requests to a DOS box
- >on a lan?
-
- Sure. I use Beame & Whiteside NFS (BWNFS) concurrently with a Novell
- network. BWNFS comes with a TSR called BWLPD. Once BWLPD is running on
- a DOS box, you simply need a printcap entry to direct print requests to
- the DOS box. This is explained in the manual.
-
- BWNFS is not the only TCP/IP and NFS package which provides a printer
- daemon (TSR). I believe Wollongong and FTP software also provide one,
- there may be others. However, IMHO BWNFS is far superior. BWNFS is
- available from:
-
- Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd.
- P.O. Box 8130
- Dundas, Ontario
- L9H 5E7
- CANADA
-
- Phone: (416) 765-0822
- Fax: (416) 765-0815
-
- One caveat: Don't try this without a decent memory manager such as QEMM
- or 386Max (I use 386Max).
-
- Tim
-
- P.S. I have no affiliation with Beame & Whiteside, I'm just a happy
- customer.
-
- --
- Tim Writer phone: (416) 231-4111 ext. 6990
- Ontario Hydro Research Division fax: (416) 237-9285
- Toronto, Ontario e-mail: twriter@rd.hydro.on.ca
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