Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Ultrix 2.2 and LN03 Scriptprinter Message-ID: <7607@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 05:58:54 GMT References: <1989Aug9.143913.7209@hfh.edu> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 30 In article <1989Aug9.143913.7209@hfh.edu> brian@hfhrv.UUCP (Brian A. Wolfe) writes: > Hi there, > > I'm contemplating purchasing the LN03S -> scriptprinter upgrade > for use with an Ultrix system (what I'd really like to be able to do > is print (MS-DOS) Ventura graphics on some kind of postscript printer, > I can put the PC on a novell or ethernet network) > > I guess I'm assuming I would be able to ftp the ventura files to > the vax and then print them there, is this assumption valid? Does the > LN03 scriptprinter work with the printcap remote option (right now > a few suns use the LN03 too) ? It should work, the Ultrix "lpr" printer support is fairly generic. What seems lacking is support of things like the ln03S in the distributed versions of nroff/troff, sigh... You should be able to set it up as a "remote" printer. The only kind of place I would expect trouble would be where either the application or protocol felt a need to run a "bi-directional" conversation with the printer. There have been cases, in other worlds, where the software "needs" to interrogate the printer to determine model, sex or other characteristics. Disclaimer: we don't have any ln03S's around here, just ln03 & ln03+ -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)