This reply could be considered a <plug>, but I think it is worth
stating.
A few years ago we wrote a spooler for MPE that will enable full blown
page level recovery in a mixed host/protocol environment eg
Novell/Unix/NT/HP3000/PCdirect.
It will even track electronic forms in the printer so that even if a PC
or NT
blows away the electronic form, our spooler makes sure that it is always
there.
To obtain more info visit www.smm.co.uk
I have enclosed the two e-mails that prompted my response
Incidentally we provide print stream solutions for MacroWarehouse Europe

> ----------
> From:         Johnson Joshua[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         21 May 1998 15:22
> To:   [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      RE: Network printing
>
> Marco Santerre
> [log in to unmask]
> Canadian National Railways
>
>    Maybe one of you can help with this one.  I know we have talked in
> length about network printing but I just finally upgraded my systems
> to
> 5.5 PP4.  I wanted to start installing Network printing on my
> machines..
> unfortunately, when I follow instructions it doesn't work.  The reason
> is I don't use JetDirect cards as most of our network printers are on
> Banyan LAN also.  So, instead of using JetDirect cards, my company
> elected to go with ExtendNet boxes.  These boxes are SNMP compliant.
> When I talked to HP RC, naturally, I was told that if I don't have a
> JetDirect card, they can't help me.  I hope that one of you have a
> similar environment where you are not using a JetDirect box and could
> help me in pointing out where to go next, or what to do next.
> <snip>
>
> Yes there is something that you can do. It seems like HP is trying to
> force
> everyone to buy JetDirect boxes so they made it so that network
> printing
> from the 3000 only work with JetDirect boxes. However, they did
> include a
> undocumented feature that will allow network printing to work with
> other
> print server boxes. You must add a line to each devices config block
> in the
> NPCONFIG.PUB.SYS file. The only problem with this solution is that
> this
> option turn off all handshaking with the printer. If you use this
> option the
> 3000 will send the printer a raw stream of data until the spoolfile is
> printed. This means that you could loose a part of or all of a spool
> file if
> the printer accepts the data and does not print anything. Also it will
> not
> support page level recovery so if you stop printing a spoolfile in the
> middle it will reprint the entire spoolfile when you restart the
> spooler.
> Here is the big secret:
>
> snmp_enabled=FALSE
>
> Example of a device config block for a Intel NETXPORT server box:
>
> 3003 (network_address=???.???.???.???
>       TCP_port_number=3001
>       snmp_enabled=FALSE)
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Joshua Johnson
> Systems Manager
> MicroWarehouse
>
Kirk Whelan
SMM Software Ltd