From: Hermann Ebhardt 
Subject: Re: Printer at Workstation
Date: 1998/03/22
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To: "Ivor D. Jones" 
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Hallo Ivor,

thanks a lot for the response, but I'am sorry, it doesn't work:
rprinter needs to be started under DOS and it needs IPX. We have Win95 and
Fast Ethernet Cards without any driver under DOS. Under Win95 rprinter
doesn't start.
Do You kown any other trick?

Hermann

Ivor D. Jones wrote:

> In article , Hermann Ebhardt
>  writes
> >Please help me:
> >
> >Novell 3.12 and a Laser Printer at a Workstation, not at the server.
> >Somebody told me, I need nprinter in sys:\system.
> >But I can't find any nprinter file. I got rprinter.exe, but what call?
> >
> >Hermann, the German
> >
>
> Hi Herman,
>
> You need RPRINTER running at the workstation.
>
> The files the workstation needs access to (either locally or in a search
> drive) are:
>
> IBM$RUN.OVL
> RPRINTER.EXE
> RPRINTER.HLP
> SYS$HELP.DAT
> SYS$MSG.DAT
> SYS$ERR.DAT
>
> They are in SYS:PUBLIC by default, but if you want the remote printer to
> be accessible without the workstation logged on, copy them to the PC's
> local hard drive or SYS:LOGIN. Note that the workstation will need to
> have the network shell loaded, but it doesn't need to be logged in if
> the files are in SYS:LOGIN or on the local drive.
>
> To set up the remote printer use PCONSOLE and define the printer as type
> "Remote" with the parallel or serial port on the workstation you connect
> it to. You also need to add the line
>
> SPX=60
>
> to the workstation's NET.CFG file.
>
> Hope this helps, let me know if you need any more info. To reply in a
> personal message, substitute the address below for that in the header.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ivor D. Jones
> ivor.jones@europa1.demon.co.uk