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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How does a printserver work ...
Date: 4 Nov 1996 03:04:09 -0000
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <55f41a$9u4@newsbr.eunet.fr>,
Frederic.Marand@osinet.fr (Frederic MARAND) writes:
: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont .) wrote:
:
>>In article <5586mh$4da@anorak.coverform.lan>,
>>Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>In article <pg918qzy0e.fsf@theta.microchip.com>,
>>> pancholi@theta.Microchip.COM (Vineet Pancholi) writes:
>>Even better, get a Jetdirect card for the HP ; I'm pretty sure
>>you can run TCP/IP and ipx simultaneously on the ether.
: In confirm you can: however, the number of actives interfaces provided
: by the JetDirect it depends on the printer in which you put it. For
: instance, on a LaserJet Si/MX and more recent printers, you can use
: all protocols (NetBIOS, IP, IPX, AppleTalk) and all interfaces
: (Serial, Parallel, LocalTalk, JetDirect) simultaneously, whereas on
: LaserJet 4 and lower, you have to choose whether you use the network
: or the local interfaces.
We have a LJ5 (the big thing, about 3' by 3') in work with a JetDirect.
I could only get about 300 characters to it before the rest disappeared
down a black hole ! I was fairly sure at the time that they were going
to the printer (I hacked support for simultaneous ofilter & "rm"), and
had my filter saying Yep, I sent "these bytes" - but only a few hundred
ever made it to the printer. The JetDirect was supporting IPX printing
with no problems. The IP stuff didn't work under Sequent's Dynix
OS either.....
--
Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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