I (Wirt Atmar) wrote just a few minutes ago:

> One slightly modified, alternate solution for Option #1 might be to use a
HP
> Print Server. It would certainly be cheaper than a DTC -- and I don't see
any
> overt reason why it shouldn't be capable of being made to work, given that
> your impact printer has a parallel port available and that you can generate
a
> local Ethernet segment cheaply enough.
>
>  A URL on the little print servers is:
>
>       http://hpcc920.external.hp.com/rnd/products/jetdir/jdex/jdex.htm
>
>  Wirt Atmar

The HP print server solution looks much easier and cheaper than I originally
stated. I recommended the JetDirect EX Plus Print Server. Unfortunately, that
model of print server only works with Ethernet. But that's not true of the
newer JetDirect EX Plus3 print servers. One of the available models in this
series is Token Ring compatible -- and thus should make Rodolfo's solution
relatively simple and quite inexpensive (and he could have up to 3 parallel
printers running off of the same small print server box). The better URL for
the same (but newer) product line is:

     http://hpcc920.external.hp.com/rnd/products/jetdir/jdexpls3/jdexpls3.htm

My apologies having to repost this corrected information.

Wirt Atmar