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I have tried several ways of accessing from the SGI some printers that are
either on non-SGI systems or have network interfaces.. I am doing this so 
that users can print from the Workspace and not have to worry about issuing
commands at the command line..   

The only success I have had is by doing the following:

creating a file with the following in /usr/spool/lp/model

	#! /bin/sh
	NAME="Generic Postscript"
	TYPE=PostScript
	segid=$!
	name=$2i
	title="$3"
	copies=$4 
	options="$5"
	shift; shift; shift; shift; shift
	files="$*"
	i=1
	while [ $i -le $copies ]
	do
       		 for file in $files
       		 do
       		         lpr -Pqmsps "$file"
       		 done
       		 i=`expr $i = 1`
	done
	exit 0
 
Note if it is NOT a PostScript printer or queue then NAME is blank and TYPE is
Dumb.  

I then do a lpshut; lpadmin -p<printer> -v/dev/null -m<modle>; lpsched; accept;
enable <printer>

My question is - is there a easier/better way to do this.. I am told that SGI
does not support printers that are not on other SGIs or local - How do YOU
access printers on SUNs or that have their own network interface...??? Is there
a better file to be using in the model directory..???

Thanks
Susanne Ramsey
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