Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ccicpg!felix!zemon From: davids@iscuva.ISCS.COM (David Schmidt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: LAT printers on ULTRIX Message-ID: <15560@felix.UUCP> Date: 7 Dec 87 21:23:23 GMT References: <13563@felix.UUCP> Sender: news@felix.UUCP Reply-To: davids@iscuva.ISCS.COM (David Schmidt) Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane, WA Lines: 54 Approved: zemon@felix.UUCP Reply-Path: In article <13563@felix.UUCP> ceferino@rtech.UUCP (Ceferino Cordero) writes: > >Is there anyone using this setup under ULTRIX to run a serial printer? > >Hardware: DECserver 100/200 > MicroVAX (or big VAX) > >Software: LAT > Ultrix > Regular printer queueing > >What really interests me is whether multiple systems can go to the same >printer and be coordinated correctly? VMS will do it (sorry). The DEC >technical hotline claims VMS and ULTRIX systems together will even work, >but I don't quite believe them. Any experiences would be appreciated. Yes, it really works (amazing, eh?). We have 25 DECserver 100's, 8 MVII's, and one 11/785. The 785 and two of the MVII's are running VMS and the other 6 MVII's are running Ultrix 2.0. Here is a copy of one of my printcap entries: # # Printers connected to terminal servers # lz22a|LN03 Quadrant A, Floor 2:\ :fc#0177777:fs#06023:lp=/dev/ttyo0:op=PORT_6:ts=ISCTST:\ :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs/lz22a:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lz22a: NOTE: you have to dedicate one LAT /dev/tty port for each printer (otherwise listings can get confused). Also you have to do an lcp -h tty??,tty?? for each tty (to set it up as an outgoing port). The instructions are on page 4-12 of the System Management Guide (Binder 3B). We did have a problem with our printers just this week where the LPD daemon was refusing to connect to the servers but rebooting the offending MVII cleared the problem. DEC Tech Support is aware that there is a problem but is unable to re-produce it at will. -- David Schmidt UUCP: davids@iscuva.ISCS.COM ISC Systems Corporation (uunet!iscuva!davids) East 22425 Appleway Phone: +1 509 927-5479 Liberty Lake, WA 99019 [ I have been told that your /dev/ttyXX lines must be the highest numbered lines for this to work correctly. For instance, if you have /dev/tty00 - /dev/tty31 and you have three printers, then you must dedicate /dev/tty29 - /dev/tty31 for the printers. -- Art Z. ]