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From: mike@wucs1.wustl.edu (Mike Ehlers)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Connecting printer to terminal server
Message-ID: <608@wucs1.wustl.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 88 16:59:26 GMT
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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We are attempting to connect a printer to a SUN over a LAN (ethernet)
using a MICOM-Interlan NTS/TCP (NTS100) terminal server.  The printer
is an Apple Laserwriter II, using the transcript software (latest
modification date shown as Sept 1984), modified to open a socket for
the communication to printer instead of the physical device.  The
problem is that it works intermittently, sometimes the file
successfully prints and other times nothing is printed, although data
is sent to the printer.  Shorter files seem to have higher probability
of success, but we have had success with long files as well. The
printer uses XON/XOFF flow control, but the port on the terminal
server is configured to handle it.  

Any suggestions or other information on what to try would be
appreciated.

Michael Ehlers				mike@wucs1.wustl.edu 
Department of Computer Science		uunet!wucs1!mike
Washington University			(314)-889-4587
Box 1045, Bryan 509
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130   USA