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by pozotech

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Have a friend that is using a Unix server(SCO Ver 5.05) to run a sales/DB program. The clients are all Win98 machines that run a Unix shell program to access the DB program. The Unix Server has an HP 1100 printer that is connected via a parallel cable. Question - how can the Win98 machines print from Word/Excel to the HP attached to the unix?

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by erwin_winkel

On the Win98 machines define a new printer as network-printer. Define the hostname of the Unix-system as the printer-server and the printer-spool-name of the printer as the printer-name. On the unix-system you should have 'lpd' (line printer daemon)running.
Another solution would be to install a printer-redirector program on the win98 client. Then all requests for a printerport (lpr1, lpr2, ...) would be redirected to the unix-host. The unix host will spool all the print-requests to the HP-printer.
Regards,
Erwin

by gazz

SCO Unix 5.0.5 has a free product called VisionFS. There is also a product on Skunkware called Samba . Both products can be installed on the Unix server to make it look like a node on the Windows network in Network Neighborhood. Then you can add the printer as a shared printer on the network. Help files can be found at www.sco.com/ta and search for Vision.

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