Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:3898 comp.dcom.lans:1509 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bambam!hjp From: hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Print Server Message-ID: <7@bambam.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 88 03:29:20 GMT References: <6770@sigi.Colorado.EDU> <22198@amdcad.AMD.COM> <22208@amdcad.AMD.COM> Organization: On Word, Inc.; Santa Monica, CA Lines: 29 In article <22208@amdcad.AMD.COM>, phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes: > In article <22198@amdcad.AMD.COM> percy@amdcad.UUCP (Percy Irani) writes: > > > >We have used the Imagen printer with their Ethernet server. > >Works well for Unix and VMS hosts. > > I disagree, I don't even use it because the default type size is not > pica and you have to waste time screwing around with troff or such to > get things to look normal. > > I complained about this to Percy and was ignored. I don't know how you guys at AMD set your printer up but on ours the font is controlled by the "of" filter in /etc/printcap and the default font is settable in an environment variable. Admittedly, the default default font (failing setting the var to change it) is not Courier. Bummer |-). // Howard -- Howard Postley usenet: uunet!bambam!hjp On Word phone: +1 213 399 7733 snail: 2434 Main St; Santa Monica, CA 90405 -- Howard Postley usenet: uunet!bambam!hjp On Word phone: +1 213 399 7733 snail: 2434 Main St; Santa Monica, CA 90405