Trevor C Poole <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:F4B1826B1A21D211AEC5006008207AF402114A0B@dogbert.csillc.com...
> Hello,
>
> Just subscribed.
> We have an HP3000 model 996 running HP3000 Rel C.55.00 MPE/iX HP31900
> C.05.08
>
> Dunno squat about the HP.
> What I do know is that we wish to send a large print job from the HP to
our
> IBM mainframe via Lpr. We already have a server on th IBM wich sucks stuff
> in nicely from other platforms.
>
> So far I have found two likely candidates in Minisoft's Netprint product
and
> RAC Consultings Printpath product (ESPUL and others)
>
> I would appreciate your comments please. Am I going the right direction ?
> Can I do the deed better, cheaper, some other way ?
>
> I can live without the bells and whistles as long as I can Lpr a file over
> our Intranet via Tcp/Ip
>
We've used Netprint for a few years now and it does what it does. There
aren't many bells and whistles. I don't know what support is like, I haven't
needed any :)
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Mark Undrill
Affirm Limited