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In article <1992Sep03.030101.11052@cyantic.com> mark@cyantic.com (Mark T.  
Dornfeld) writes:
> I'd like to use the laser printer connected to my Turbo from a PC on the
> network running Beame and Whiteside's TCP/NFS product, version 2.1.  All
> the NFS functions work correctly, but when I try to link a MS-DOS device to
> the laser printer, it fails with an 'invalid printer' message.
> 
> I am quite sure this has to do with running Netinfo and not a standard BSD
> print manager, but I'm wondering if anyone has found any workarounds. 

Your need to load the printcap entry for the printer you want into netinfo.   
Here's how:
	- "su" to root
	- "nidump printcap / > /tmp/printcap"
	- add the appropriate printer entry to /tmp/printcap 
	- "niload printcap / < /tmp/printcap"

This assumes that the printer you wish to use is in the / domain.  Have you  
checked that the printer is marked public from the print manager?

> I am
> also suspicious of the way Beame and Whiteside use the gethostbyname()
> function call since their NFS daemon would not compile on the NeXT.

I'm using version 2.3 over the Lan Workplace TCP/IP stack, and it compiled  
fine.  Maybe you need to upgrade?.

Cameron.
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Cameron Bromley                       Internet: cdb@codex.oz.au
Codex Software Development Pty. Ltd.  NextMail encouraged
Phone +61-3-696-2490                  Fax +61-3-696-6757