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Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:46:03 PST7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Re: Digi + TCP/IP printing

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On 3/18/020, Jordan Fox wrote, in part:
>>
>> ... and the NIC IRQ serves any number of newtorked printers. IRQ 7 is
>> now free for whatever and the parallel port is free for a dongle, or ....
>
>So much the better. I'm looking forward to the network cabling
>presentation -- this stuff really confuses me.

I, too, am looking forward to the presentation.

>> You must enable (and setup) lpr/lpd printing in the TCP/IP notebook.
>> 8 [ports] are enabled by default.
>> Also, you must start the lprportd daemon (in the TCP/IP notebook).
>
>Are these among the particular daemons that increase your port vulnerability?
>I have a firewall, but . . . .

Not at all. The IPs one usually selects are non-routable, i.e 192.168.x.x
Data packets destined for these addresses don't get past your firewall
and stay on YOUR side of the network.

>Also, I'm wondering how this affects the set of printer drivers
>one has installed. Will I still be using the LaserJet driver
>to print thru, or the LexMark / Xerox PCL driver, for example ?
>Does anything change in the use of these?

Not really. Same drivers; you just select the network printer port
instead of LPT1, etc. Look at your present setup. You might even
see the network ports listed right next to LPT1. etc.

>I have some legacy DOS app's too, which heretofore have used their own
>individual printer drivers, rather than the OS/2 system-wide ones.
>Will I still be able to send those print jobs to LPT1 or LPT2 (or
>functional equivalents) ? If the nomenclature changes . . .
>well, I don't think these app's understand anything besides LPT1 or 2.

Good question. I think it's dooable, but a more network-savvy person
will have to answer that one. I'm rapidly forgetting whatever's left
from my DOS experience. All that's necessary is to redirect data bound
for LPT1 to a network port. Seems like it should be able to be made
to work OK.

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