Chris

We have successfully shared spooled printers on the HP3000 via Samba/iX.
From Windows'95 or NT it is possible to add these printers as network
printers.
Then you can drag and drop files to the printers, or print to them
normally.

Neil Harvey


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hecht [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 1998 8:33 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: capturing spoolfiles to send to other systems?
>
> The best way to capture spool file names is using reflections basic.
> Unless of course you do not have reflections basic.  But, you can
> capture
> text on the screen.  write an FTP script and run it.  It is somewhat
> backwards and not really the best way to do it, but it is if you have
> to
> get the job done.
>
> Peter Hecht
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> http://www.execpc.com/~phecht
> Pine 3.95
>
> On Fri, 15 May 1998, Chris Bartram wrote:
>
> > A while ago there was a discussion (and a nifty program provided by
> Jim
> > Wowchuck) that allowed one to capture a printfile on a PC and send
> it to
> > the spooler on the 3000... Has anyone done the reverse?
> >
> > We're looking for a way to capture a spoolfile (including imbedded
> PCL-type
> > stuff that might be at the beginning or in the environment file)
> into a file
> > that can be FTP'd or copied to tape for delivery to another system
> (PC?) at
> > a remote location where it will be actually printed. We're assuming
> here that
> > there is no on-demand network connection available between the 3000
> and the
> > remote system (otherwise we'd just recommend one of the remote
> printing
> > solutions).
> >
> > Just copy'ing the spoolfile doesn't work... especially when there
> are blocks
> > of pcl/binary stuff in the file. Any suggestions?
> >
> >                     TIA,
> >                      Chris Bartram
> >
> > (remove "nospam" for direct replies)
> >