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I am usign an RS6000 on a net with a number of PCs (working on Windows
for Workgroups).  Some of these PCs are driving printers.  What I want
to do is spool print jobs to these printers.  I try to configure the
remote print queues and devices using SMIT, but of course, there really
isn't a device designation for the remote PCs.  How do I access these
printers from my UNIX?

Thanx in advance.
Sean

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You need a common language between the RS6000 and the PCs, which will
involve one of two options.

     1. Install software on the PCs the speaks the lpd/lpr protocol
        (FTP Software's PC/TCP is one, I'm sure there are others).
        Then you set up your RS6000 to print to the PCs as an remote
        lpd printer.

     2. Install software on the RS6000 that will talk to the PCs in a
        protocol they understand. There are several products on that
        will allow Unix to print to Novell printers. There are probably
        products out there that do the same for other protocols.

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You can use some third party products on your PC that support LPD/LPR,
such as Novell's LanWorkplace 5.

You can also use escape sequences to redirect your screen input to
your printer. This example is for vt102 emulation.

Create a script with these line in it.

echo "\033[5i"       # this opens printer port
cat $*               # this cat's all input
echo "\033[4i"       # this closes printer port

If using Windows, the print will goto whatever your default windows
printer is set to even if it's a workgroup printer on someone else's
PC.  If you call this script "salveprint" then you would use it this
way.

$ slaveprint "filename"