#Network Printing
05-Apr-94 13:24:04
Sb: #137875-#Network Printing
Fm: Wolf Faust 100116,1070
To: Greg Malcangi 100031,3502
As far as I know:
some networks come with a parallel device compatible device that allows
redirecting output to a network printer. The device has to be entered into
the printer preferences structure (KS 2.04 and higher does offer a printer
device and unit preferences, though, you can't enter them with the WB
preferences program). In this case there must come a program with the
network software wich setups preferences to redirect output to that
network printing device.
Otherwise: you can use the CMD program from your WB disk to redirect
output to the server. For instance put following command in user-startup:
run sys:tools/CMD parallel server:spooldir/dump opt m
All printing will than be redirected to the spooldir on that server. Now
you have to install a program that monitors that spooldir and if there is
a dumpfile, copy it to par: (or whereever your printin is connected to).
YOu can find such spooling programs on Fish disk and most likely here on
CIS (hmm… maybe even nice "Print Manager" does offer you this).
— Wolf Faust, Am Dorfgarten 10, 60435 Frankfurt, Germany —