Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!varian.UUCP!david
From: david@varian.UUCP (David Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: DEC Printserver-40 and Unix machines
Message-ID: <647@varian.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 20:02:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: varian.647
Posted: Thu Jun 25 20:02:32 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 05:51:23 EDT
References: <8706241909.AA14049@brillig.umd.edu>
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Distribution: world
Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek CA
Lines: 37
Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu
Summary: printing from UNIX to a VMS printer via DECnet

In article <8706241909.AA14049@brillig.umd.edu>, MANSFIEL@EMBL.BITNET (Niall Mansfield) writes:
>         We want to access a DEC Printserver 40  from Sun
>         workstations.  Are there any problems?
> 

This is not exactly what you want, but here we can access printers on
our VMS machines from our UNIX machines through DECnet -- we run DECnet/Ultrix
on our VAX 750.  I don't know if Sun's DECnet will let you do the same,
plus you would need a VMS machine to drive the PS40.

Here's a brief summary:

(our VMS machine is named LIMSDM::)

Use "dcp -P" to print from Ultrix to VMS

Add to /etc/printcap on the Ultrix machine:
lpvms|line printer on VMSNODE:: via DECnet:\
	:lp=/dev/null:\
	:of=/usr/local/lib/lpvms:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/lpvms:

If you have other BSD Unix machines, add a remote lpr entry to their printcaps.

This is /usr/local/lib/lpvms (an executable shell script):
	#! /bin/sh
	FILE=prt$$
	DIR=/tmp
	cat > $DIR/$FILE
	dcp -P $DIR/$FILE vmsnode::$FILE
	drm vmsnode::$FILE
	rm $DIR/$FILE

-- 
David Brown	 (415) 945-2199
Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr.  Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598
{ptsfa,lll-crg,zehntel,dual,amd,fortune,ista,rtech,csi,normac}!varian!david