Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!gatech!prism!bb16 From: bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (BOSTATER,Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PC printsharing on Ethernet? Summary: Problems with TOPS Message-ID: <1512@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 16 Aug 89 21:28:33 GMT References:<26774@amdcad.AMD.COM> Distribution: comp Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 20 In article <26774@amdcad.AMD.COM>, phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: > |However, if PC-NFS is just a client server, it is doubtful that the > |ethernet can be used to share the printer. Yet it seems silly to put > |in a different LAN just for the PC's to accomplish this printsharing goal. > > I believe that TOPS is supposed to do what you want. I haven't tested > it in that mode, however. We've had some problems using TOPS to printshare an Applewriter. If no one is using the printer, people with PCs can print with no problem. If there's other jobs pending, the file won't print. People with Macs have their print jobs qued properly. So far nobody here has figured out why this happens, then again, nobody has tried *too* hard either. Has anybody out there had a similar experience? -- Scott Bostater GTRI/RAIL/RAD (Ga. Tech) "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him" -Ps 62.1 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!bb16 Internet: bb16@prism.gatech.edu