LP as shared resource for 3B2s
Greg A. Woods
woods at eci386.uucp
Thu Jan 31 13:08:37 AEST 1991
In article <30300001 at inmet> pcasey at inmet.inmet.com writes:
> I am trying to set up a laser printer connected to a 3b2 as
> a shared resource so another 3b2 on the network can use it.
> From what I have read, the Remote File Sharing Utilities (RFS) are
> what is needed to accomplish this. Unfortunately, the documentation
> is pretty vague if you aren't using STARLAN as your "transport
> provider", which I'm not. Our 3b2s have Wollongong TCP/IP WIN3B
> networking software, which I assume would be considered the machines
> transport provider.
If you can run UUCP over WIN3b, I'd suggest using one of the many
remote_lp scripts which uux lp on the remote system. You could also
use remsh if it works. RFS for this purpose is over-kill.
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