Once again I need to tap into the endless knowledge of the experts on 
the HP3000-L, hello everyone.

I have a need to support "Printing on printers at the remote locations", 
to multiple client companies from my HP3000. Kind of like the old 
time-share paradigm. The client companies can access the HP3000 using 
Telnet/iX, but they need to be able to print from the HP3000 (Telnet 
session) to their own local printers.

My initial thought was to add an additional VPN service. Basically I 
want to "Push" print files to a remote client company printers, but I 
don't want personnel from the client company to have access to my entire 
network, and likewise, the client company would NOT want me to have full 
access to their network. This level of security can be accomplished 
using a separate VPN service for each client company. Would the HP3000 
need a 2nd NIC for the VPN, or worse, an addition NIC for each client 
company. Lots of issues! Just thinking out-loud ;-)

Another option would be that I "Not allow printing to the remote 
location", but instead the printfiles on the HP3000 could be retrieved 
(Pulled from the HP300) using a standard FTP, (with user level security) 
then printed on their local network. This would resolved most network 
security issues and not require any additional VPN services, but it 
would involve some additional programming to be done to modify the way 
the application prints on the HP3000, print to disc flatfile, convert to 
rtf or pdf. Then there is also some bar code font issues, jeeesh, the 
fun never ends.

Does anyone know of any “canned” software that would help achieve my 
goal, or perhaps another network strategy?

All options welcome,
Michael Anderson.

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