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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:06:35 PST7
From:	"Benedict G. Archer" <bgarcher@gte.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Rexx doesn't talk to \pipe\lpd0

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Making progress

Steven Levine wrote:
>
> In <3D40EFD5.59F44B03@gte.net>, on 07/25/02
> at 10:44 PM, "Benedict G. Archer" said:
>
> >but repeating
> >say stream('\pipe\lpd1','c','open ready') returns NOTREADY:231
>
> I assume the above is a typo, but I can duplicate your results here. Now

What typo? But I did expect my results were real.

> that you made me think about it, it's obvious why it should fail. You
> don't know how to talk to lprportd. There must be a defined interface
> between the printer object LPD port driver and lprportd. Otherwise, how
> would the paramters be passed? Since I'm pretty sure you don't know this
> interface, you are not going to be able to use it.

I don't know how to use the interface, but epm, NS, WordPro etc. must know.
How do I learn how to use it?

> Use lprmon to connect to the print server and write the the redirected lpt
> port. Something like:
>
> lprmon -b -p lp0 -s 192.168.0.x lpt2
>
> should get you connected. Then just write to lpt2 from REXX. I recall
> mumbling something about doing it this way at the meeting.

This works, and I know someone mentioned using lprmon, but I was trying to use
lprportd because I have multiple printers. with lprmon I have to start a
separate instance for each printer, in startup.cmd, I suppose.

OTOH, lprmon seems faster than lprportd

> FWIW, the error messages say nothing about printer errors. They
> reflecting your script's inability to talk correctly to the pipe.
>
> Steven
>
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> "Steven Levine" MR2/ICE 2.31a #10183 Warp4/FP15/14.085_W4
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glad you're there,
Ben

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