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Started by Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB
Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:58
Re: Printing with lpr on an IRIS
Author: Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:58
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:58
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Mehmet D Ertas <ertas@athena.mit.edu> writes:
"SGI supports printing with lpr only if the printer's on
a non-sgi machine, but not vice versa, as far as I can tell."
Hogwash! We have printers on SGI's and Sun's and use lpr exclusively
to send files to from ALL machines and with no problems. Just manually set
up your printcap and hosts.lpd files the same as you would on any standard
BSD UNIX machine. Currently we are using parallel ports on our SGI's for
the printers, however I know of people who use the serial ports too.
Good luck.
Brent L. Bates Phone:(804) 864-2854
M.S. 361 FAX:(804) 864-8469
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001
E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero00.larc.nasa.gov
Re: Printing with lpr on an IRIS
Author: Dave Olson
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 08:51
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 08:51
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In <34908@adm.brl.mil> blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov (Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB) writes:
| Mehmet D Ertas <ertas@athena.mit.edu> writes:
| "SGI supports printing with lpr only if the printer's on
| a non-sgi machine, but not vice versa, as far as I can tell."
|
| Hogwash! We have printers on SGI's and Sun's and use lpr exclusively
No, it isn't. Once again folks, remember that there is a *big* difference
between "works", and "is supported".
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
Re: Printing with lpr on an IRIS
Author: Guy Brooker
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 10:33
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 10:33
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In article <34908@adm.brl.mil>, blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov (Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB) writes: > Mehmet D Ertas <ertas@athena.mit.edu> writes: > "SGI supports printing with lpr only if the printer's on > a non-sgi machine, but not vice versa, as far as I can tell." > > Hogwash! We have printers on SGI's and Sun's and use lpr exclusively > to send files to from ALL machines and with no problems. Just manually set > up your printcap and hosts.lpd files the same as you would on any standard > BSD UNIX machine. Currently we are using parallel ports on our SGI's for > the printers, however I know of people who use the serial ports too. > Good luck. > > Brent L. Bates Phone:(804) 864-2854 > M.S. 361 FAX:(804) 864-8469 > NASA Langley Research Center > Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 > E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero00.larc.nasa.gov OK, but what do you use for the BSD filters ?? Our suns have NeWSprint (as probably do yours) which is not portable to SGIs. So what does a typical entry in you SGI printcap looklike for a postscript printer on the parallel port ? Why does SGI state in the system admin manual "Sillicon Graphics, Inc. does not support using lpr on your system to access a printer that is connected directly to your system ?" Are there some bugs in the sgi implementation of lpr ? Is it just that it is not in the prefered flavour of System V ? Guy -- ------------------------------------- Guy Brooker Internet: guy@wm.estec.esa.nl European Space Research and guy@estwm0.dnet.estec.esa.nl Technology Centre (ESTEC) gbrooker@estec.esa.nl Bitnet : gbrooker@estec SPAN : ESTERS::GUY Phone : +31-1719-83611 Fax : +31-1719-85617 Mail : ESTEC JW/WMS, Keplerlaan 1, 2200AG NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands
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