VNC project idea request

Dr. Joel M. Hoffman joel "at" exc.com
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:25:22 +0000


>> I'm using, and
>> "lpr" automatically routs print jobs to my local printer.  As for file
>> transfer, it's trivial to write an ftp or (better) ssh script with
>> expect to automate this.  
>> 
>In Windows NT there are lpr Printer drivers, so you can access a Unix-lpd.
>We do this. It works.
>Now if you had an lineprinter daemon for Windows this would work for win <->
>win access too.

If you have access to a Unix machine, you can use the Unix machine's
lineprinter daemon to route print jobs to a Windows printer.  You need
the Samba package.

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