Hi Julian,

Julian Thomas wrote:
> In , on 01/11/05 
>    at 04:50 PM, Paul Smedley  typed:
> 
> 
>>Is it possible to run lpd on the eCS Server and share the C61 this way?
> 
> 
> Sure.  You run lpd on the machine where the printer is locally attached. 
> You need to run lprmon (there are other options, this works for me) on the
> remote os2 machine from which you want to print.
> 
> I just use the -c and -b flags on lpd and run it minimized.
Of course I worked out how to do this 10 minutes after I posted :)  I'm 
not at the moment using any flags though as printing is working fine.

> LPRMON takes parameters (it's in the tcpip docs):
> 
> -b -p epsonc80 -s maryjane lpt2
> 
> where:  -b - binary transfer
>              -p gives the printer name
>             -s gives the name of the system where the printer is attached
> (this could be a numeric IP address)
>              lpt2 is the printer port that will be intercepted and the
> output sent to the remote system.
> 
> You don't need anything attached to lpt2, but you do need to install the
> drivers for the printer and point them at lpt2

I just used the SLPR port driver with the IP of the machine running lpd 
and the printer name as the LPD Printer.

Cheers,

Paul.


 
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