In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:

> I've seen this question come and go, and since I didn't "need" to do this at
> the time, I pretty much ignored the results.  Now, someone asked, "can we
> get the HP to send a print file to an NT server running lpr/lpd so it can be
> transferred to microfiche"?
>
> A quick review of messages I've cached points to the fact that MPE/iX 5.5
> and beyond have the capability of printing to network-attached printers by
> using a jet-direct card and/or jet-direct box on the net.  Is this the same
> as lpr (lpd?) or is there a more convoluted method of making this work?

the protocol the HPe3000 network printing/spooler uses is not the same as
lpr/lpd. lpr/lpd is a bit more involved and you need a third party printing
app on the 3000 to do lpr/lpd.

   -Chris eBartram