Could somebody help this fellow?  I replace all of the Gator
boxes that we used with Shiva or other stuff a long time ago,
or simply used print spoolers that were multi-protocol.

> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 16 13:08:22 2000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:11:03 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: GatorBoxes and LPRng
>
> Hi Patrick,
>
> I hope you have a moment and can possibly point me in the right
> direction. I recently installed LPRng on a Solaris 7 machine and am
> having some difficulty printing to legacy Gator boxes. I can print to
> directly connected network printers but when I attempt to print to any
> printer connected to the Gatorbox nothing happens, i.e., LPRng says the
> print job was sent successfully but nothing happens on the Gatorbox and
> no printout.
>
> I have tried adding :bk and :filters=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp but
> still no printout. I'm not sure what to try next and am on the verge of
> dropping LPRng and going back to Solaris printing, or maybe installing
> netatalk and seeing if that works better than the Gatorboxes. Solaris
> printing on Solaris 5.5.1 didn't have any trouble talking to the
> Gatorboxes using the Solaris printing system.
>
> Thank you for any help, tips, hints, you can throw my way.
>
> Ken
>
> --
> Kenneth L. Dean
> Electrical & Computer Engineering         Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> University of California                  Phone 805.893.2223
> Santa Barbara, CA 93106                   Fax   805.893.3262

Ken,  what printers do you have attached to the Gator boxes,
and how are they attached?  Do you need them?  For $50 you can buy
a TCP/IP - Novel - Appletalk compatible print spooler from Edimax:
http://www.edimax.com

Patrick

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