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In article <19960712.145411.75@silverfe.silverfe.demon.co.uk>, MTArgent@silverfe.demon.co.uk (M. T. Argent) writes:
|> I am interested in the possibility of setting up an ethernet network of
|> Archimedes computers, with the Apple laserwriter 16/600PS on the same
|> network, assessible from all machines. The Apple printer speaks TCPIP, so
|> I am guessing that it should be possible to establish two way communications with it usng TCPIP, either with Acorn TCPIP or Freenet. Has anyone else
|> succeded in doing this? If so, could you tell me how you did it, or point me
|> towards some documentation, before I spend a great deal of time reinventing th wheel.

Hello Mark!

I have an application called !lpr, which works with Acorn TCPIP and ANT 
TCPIP, and which sends out printing stuff using the LPR printing protocol. I 
guess you have to have an lpr server somewhere to handle it, though,
rather than just a printer sitting on the wire. (The lpr server does 
spooling and queuing and nice things like that.)

However, you are welcome to the source; it might give you a start on 
writing something that just shovels bytes straight to the printer.

Philip

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