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?

Tom Emerson
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[presuming the jetdirects are supplying an lpd, then the gist of making this
work as I understand it is to "add" a pseudo-device in sysgen so the spooler
has a hook to it, then add the line "xxxx (network_address = 192.168.xx.yy)"
to the file npconfig.pub.sys and you're "good to go..."]