Hi Donna :)
    um... so what is the problem with having LP be mythical and a outfence
of 14?   Your programmers don't know how to issue a 'altspoolfile' command?
I have worked at several places where I would print things to default
printers and then decide where to route the print jobs after the fact....
actually saved a lot of paper.... "whoops" jobs didn't print :)

    Set them up a command file that performs the altspoolfile command and
tell them that this way they get more control :)  Tim has done several
(actually lots!) of these command files here and it makes life easy!  we
don't have a physical LP either but the device is there...

Art "Just a thot :) hehehe" Bahrs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Garverick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 5:14 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] configuring lp


> hi all :-)
>
> i'm getting very close to moving our mpe developers off
> their old system onto a new, larger box.  on the old box,
> 'lp' is actually (oh the shame!) a hpib-attached printer
> that's soon to be retired.  on the new box, 'lp' is only
> configured -- to an mythical address.  the outfence is set
> to 14 for lp so nothing will print.
>
> while i've been setting up the new box, having 'lp'
> configured this way was fine.  for some strange reason, the
> programmers seem to think that printing is important (:-)
> and need a 'better' solution.
>
> one solution that was suggested is to configure 'lp' as a
> network device (it would actually be 'pointed' to one of our
> linejet printers).  that makes me nervous....  having lived
> thru 'oh look, network printing crashed the system --
> again!', i'm not real keen on having lp be a network
> device.  i suppose, though, if properly handled (like
> throwing in a well-placed 'spooler;openq' and coupling the
> outfence for lp with the start/stopnet procedures) it might
> actually work.
>
> so....i wondering -- is anyone else doing this?  is there
> something really bad i'm overlooking?  does anyone else have
> some good suggestions?          - d
>
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