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- From: keith@novell.com (Keith Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: Re: NFS printing woes
- Keywords: nfs, printing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.205942.14401@novell.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 20:59:42 GMT
- References: <reeves_david.15.725673605@radian.com>
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- Organization: Novell, Inc. San Jose, California
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- In article <reeves_david.15.725673605@radian.com> reeves_david@radian.com (Reeves, Dave) writes:
- >I'm having a problem with NFS print services on a Novell 3.11 server.
- >(Who doesn't right?)
-
- Me. Oddly enough!
-
- >What should happen is that a workstation prints to a queue on server2,
- >server2 then passes the job to server1 and then server1 passes the job to
- >the unix workstaion that the printer is attached to.
-
- No, that isn't what should happen I'm afraid.
-
- >What happens is that server2 doesn't pass the job onto server1.
-
- Which is exactly what I would expect. Why? Because LPR_PSRV.NLM does
- not have the remote capabilities of its cousin PSERVER.NLM. It won't
- dequeue jobs from remote servers.
-
- >I can print a job to the queue on server1 and it goes to the unix
- >printer fine.
-
- Which is also what I would expect. NetWare NFS is working as advertised.
-
- >I'm starting to think that the problem is that both print servers have to
- >configure the printers as remote/other. Novell says that everything is setup
- >properly and to trash everything and start over.
-
- Well, Novell shouldn't have said that. I'd call them back and set them
- straight. If you like, E-Mail me a name and I can use my priviliged
- position sitting next to a Novell telephone and Novell corporate
- directory to set them straight on your behalf.
-
- Keith
- -
- Keith Brown Phone: (408) 473 8308
- Novell San Jose Development Center Fax: (408) 473 8990
- 2180 Fortune Dr, San Jose, California 95131 Net: keith@sjf.novell.COM
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