I'm using RedHat 9 and D3 Linux 7.4.0. The printers have print servers
and I'm using LPR (not CUPS). However I'd rather not use the Linux
print spooler, as it is difficult to manage the print jobs once it has
left D3. I'd like to print directly from the D3 spooler to the print
server. Is there anyway you can tie a TCP/IP port to a D3 port?

I don't think you will be able to do what you are after 'easily' (at
all).If the print server can be configured for non-standard ports, then
maybe the xinetd/nailed telnet sesction of the install guide will mek
'interesting reading'.

Alternatively, if you have a Windows machine in the mix, you might
consider using smbclient to talk to the printers, assuming you would
find managing printers in Windows easier.

matt (AT) ox11 (DOT) com wrote:
Hi,

Have a look for a tool named 'netcat' or 'nc'. You will find it on your
RH media. This tool will allow you to pipe print jobs from the server
to
the print server by passing the spooler, but you will need a script
wrapper.

Do a search on google for 'netcat', you will find many example scripts
that could be used to glue D3 and netcat (nc) togeather, also have a
look
at www.aplawrence.com, this is a SCO site but you will find some useful
scripts there as well (netcat was used a lot on old openserver systems
to
by pass the broken SCO print spooler)

If managing the print jobs is the issue, then Ross's suggestion of
using a
Windows print server is a very good one. Can use either the smbclient
as
suggested or load 'unix print services' onto Windows (unix print
services
are supplied with later windows, but you do have to specifically
install
the option).


HTH

Barry

<bgraetz (AT) bigpond (DOT) net.au> wrote
though if I do telnet 192.168.0.80 9100 all my keyboard input shows up.
Lpr data shows up fine, as does ftp'd material. Bgraetz really needs to learn
how to do lpq and lprm if he's going to run d3 on a *nix platform, though.
Barry, I'm not sure why he'd want a script -- d3 already puts carriage return on
each line end, and I don't think I'd trust nc to return a reliable status code on how
the operation went out at the physical printer.