Wanted: unix tty server that will act as a printer for a PC

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From: michael
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1986 16:52

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Scenario:

A COM port on an IBM PC is connected to a serial line on a Unix
machine.  On the PC, I copy/print a file to the COM port.  The tty
server on the unix machine receives the file and spools it to a laser
printer attached to the unix machine.  Assume that only simple ascii 
files are to be printed and transmitted.

The only problem I can forsee is how will the tty server detect the end
of the file?

Has anyone ever tried this?



Michael Herman
Optical Recording Corporation
141 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  M5V 2E4

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Subject: Wanted: unix tty server that will act as a printer for a PC
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