On 25/05/11 22:22, Bryan Evans wrote: > I apologize upfront if this is more related to Unix rather than UniVerse. > We have a remote warehouse that connects to us via telent on a dumb > terminal. They have a line printer hooked up to the dumb terminal. When we > print packing lists, we open up the aux port and send the print job to the > printer. We are looking to eliminate the dumb terminal, but we are stuck on > how to send a print job to a local printer hooked to a PC. Has anyone done > this before? Is it possible? The remote warehouse is not on our network - > the only way they can connect is via telent.
If you're planning to replace the network with a PC, and you're connecting over a phone line, then aren't the dial-up costs a factor? What I'd do is at least think about getting a broadband connection, then linking your PC into the main network through a VPN. Will the PC be running Windows or Linux? If it's linux, once the VPN is in place, the PC will be transparently on your network, and you can run a print spooler such as CUPS. If it's Windows, the same probably applies. The big question is what's the *physical* connection between the warehouse and the main network, and do you plan to change that? As soon as you swap the terminal for a PC you should be a able to run a network over that, even if it's something as old-fashioned as SLIP (serial line Internet Protocol iirc). > > We are running UniVerse 10.2 on HP-UX and use AccuTerm as our emulation > software. > > Thanks in advance, > > Bryan Evans Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
