Tom, My favorite method is to configure a dummy ldev 6 as a network printer. io> MD 6;id=hptcpjd;class=LP;path=none It doesn't require an HPIB or SCSI address and satisfies the output device for ldev 10 with device class LP. Doug. Doug Werth Beechglen Development Inc. [log in to unmask] Cincinnati, Ohio The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Beechglen Development. They might but not necessarily. They represent solely the opinions of the author. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hula <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:59 AM Subject: SYSGEN and LP > I now have my two 2563A printers attached to DTC serial ports instead of > HP-IB > and that is working fine. I would like to remove the old printer > devices (5 & 6). > I tried setting up my new printer as class LP and wasn't surprised to > find that > SYSGEN only recognized device 6 as LP, since each entire DTC is > recognized > as a single device in Sysgen, so I couldn't delete device 6, since it > was the "only" > device assigned to class LP ... even though I can do a showdev LP and > see > both 6 and 106 (the DTC port) assigned to LP. > > I'm thinking I have to add a path and pseudo device in Sysgen to assign > to > class LP and then Sysgen would let me remove the HP-IB devices and > associated paths. But how would I go about adding that pseudo device? > Does it matter what the path number is? > And is that the correct solution? Is there a more elegant one? > TIA > > > -- > > Tom Hula > Victor S. Barnes Company > 616.361.7351 x173