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Date:      Tue, 30 Apr 1996 10:59:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Ron Steele <rjs@asd.banctec.com>
To:        Garth Kidd <garth@dogbert.systems.sa.gov.au>
Cc:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Net connected printer
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960430105239.14924A-100000@teller.asd.banctec.com>
In-Reply-To: <960430114551.ZM2871@jolt.systems.sa.gov.au>

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On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Garth Kidd wrote:

> > From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Subject: 
> >
> > Ron Steele wrote in message ID
> > <Pine.BSF.3.91.960426090441.29640A-100000@teller.asd.banctec.com>:
> >
> >> OK, how about ftp?  We have a LJ4 that you can print to by ftp.  The
> >> new LJ5 does not seem to support this.  Is there a way to enable it.
> > 
> > That I have never seen. Anyone else care to comment?
> 
> You can configure them with a combination of BOOTP and TFTP.  Maybe he's 
> thinking of that.
> 

Not a chance.  I am guessing this is a non-HP network card in the LJ4. 
You just ftp to it, using anything for the userid, no password is reqested,
and put your file.  Out comes the paper.  It's really nice when 
you are printing from a PC and don't want to deal with the Novell server.

Ron



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