RE: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers
yes. Whatabout hooking up a USB hub, then hook each printer to a USB - Serial adapter. If there a number of printers, then put in a PCI/USB card just for the printers, so it won't slow down any other USB traffic. George This should be a fairly inexpensive option. The Hub should be about $40-$50 maximum, and each USB-Serial (9 pin) can be had for $10-$20 each. I don't know the maximum number of USB serial ports Windows supports however. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Leach Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:21 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers All, One of my UniVerse clients is changing over from UNIX to Windows. They currently have a number of serial printers attached to their UNIX box using Xylogic Annex terminal servers. Since these are as old as the hills and not supported on Win2003, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? Thanks, Brian --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, One of my UniVerse clients is changing over from UNIX to Windows. They currently have a number of serial printers attached to their UNIX box using Xylogic Annex terminal servers. Since these are as old as the hills and not supported on Win2003, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? What's as old as the hills? The printers, or the terminal server? Either way, taking your email at face value, Windows ought to be able to support them (I can't say for sure, not having used W2K3). The printers, you just want to select generic/text as the driver - UV will ignore the drivers anyway. The terminal servers - it was well hidden in NT4 and must surely still be there, but is probably just as well hidden :-) you must be able to configure a printer using reverse telnet ... I'm sure we did it though I can't remember how. Just configure it with the IP address and port number. Cheers, Wol --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers
0. Consider new printers altogether. 1. Consider contacting the original printer manufacturer. The printers probably have (EPT ?) parallel ports. 2. Together with an HP JetDirect print server, Digi has perhaps the most robust serial-to-ethernet converters for ~$200 each. 3. Printronix (free) tech support helped me with some special settings on the JetDirect to make our legacy Printronix P300 work. --Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Leach Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:21 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers All, One of my UniVerse clients is changing over from UNIX to Windows. They currently have a number of serial printers attached to their UNIX box using Xylogic Annex terminal servers. Since these are as old as the hills and not supported on Win2003, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? Thanks, Brian --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers
Brian - We have very successfully used Equinox ESP-8 port terminal devices to connect our serial printers over a WAN and LAN. These are inexpensive and easy to administer devices (admin through a web interface). I highly recommend them for connecting all serial devices to U2 systems. Ken At 06:21 AM 7/27/2005, you wrote: All, One of my UniVerse clients is changing over from UNIX to Windows. They currently have a number of serial printers attached to their UNIX box using Xylogic Annex terminal servers. Since these are as old as the hills and not supported on Win2003, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? Thanks, Brian --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ Ken R. Hall Information Technology Manager Western States Electric, Inc. a Hughes Supply Company www.wselectric.com --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers
Brian, Several of our customers have used the D-Link serial/parallel print server with excellent success. Also, if you connect a printer to another PC on the network acting as a print server (rather than directly to a print server), you must install that printer on your Universe server using an lpr port. As mentioned in another post, be sure to install the Generic/Text driver from the Generic printer manufacturer in Windows on your logical printer on the Universe server. In addition to connectivity differences, your customer also faces the fact that Universe on .nix is not exactly the same as Universe on Windows. One specific difference is that Universe on Windows has * no* print spooler (none). All print jobs go directly to either the Windows spooler or the Windows printer, depending on how the Windows printer has been installed on Windows. To resolve this problem, and to provide a print environment in Universe on Windows similar to the print environment in a generic multivalue database, we have developed a multivalue print spooler utility, SpoolerPlus (tm), that provides the functionality of a generic multivalue spooler in Universe on Windows. This can save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in conversion costs associated with rewriting each program and proc that generates a print job, and in retraining all users who generate print jobs from TCL in the use of an entirely new set of verbs and procedures for printing on Universe on Windows. Please contact me offlist of you would like to explore the possibility of using SpoolerPlus for your customer. Rgds, Dave Dave Taylor President Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation and DataSync Integration www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Brian Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:21 AM Subject: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers All, One of my UniVerse clients is changing over from UNIX to Windows. They currently have a number of serial printers attached to their UNIX box using Xylogic Annex terminal servers. Since these are as old as the hills and not supported on Win2003, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? Thanks, Brian --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers
Thanks for all the responses, I'll pass these on to the client. Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Leach Sent: 27 July 2005 14:21 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Win2003 Serial Printers All, One of my UniVerse clients is changing over from UNIX to Windows. They currently have a number of serial printers attached to their UNIX box using Xylogic Annex terminal servers. Since these are as old as the hills and not supported on Win2003, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? Thanks, Brian --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
