Re: Telnet printing

From: Bob Meyers (oregonbob2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:26:42 -0800

"Bob Meyers" <oregonbob2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bva0kn$putr3$1@ID-105888.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Robert Bachellor" <rob@alphaomegas.com> wrote in message
> news:LNWdnfBPhsoFm4XdRVn-sA@thebiz.net...
> > We have a remote client using DSL with dynamic IP addressing to telnet
> back
> > into the SCO OS5 server. He is using ICE.TCP Pro which comes with an
LPD
> > program for Windows. My problem is how to define a printer on the
server
> so
> > that his reports go to his LPD interface so he can print them.
> >
>
> Actually, despite what you may hear here, I have a few of these exact
setups
> and they have worked very well - for years. The only time I have had to
> service them is when the ISP changes all their internal IP addresses
without
> telling anyone. All you need to do is setup an SCO printer with device =
> /dev/null, then paste in the interface script ICE.TCP gives you.
>
> Does your email address shown work? I'll get in touch with you if you
need.
> Otherwise RTFM :)

I will clarify a bit... the ICE.TCP setup provides a custom SCO printer
interface script that stores remote printjobs in a folder like
"/usr/tmp/printer_name/blah". Then the ICE.TCP runs a little background
program, called ICElp, on the remote PC. This little program will require a
static IP or hostname for the remote SCO box to get print jobs from. Then it
polls the SCO server for print jobs and prints them as needed. Since the PC
polls the server for jobs, the PC can be dynamic IP. You will have to open a
port on the SCO firewall for whatever port you use for the polling ICElp
program, the default is something like 1234, but you can change it.

The printer data is not encrypted out of the box, maybe your client don't
care. If they did want it encrypted, maybe they have one of these neat
little routers that have built-in PPTP/VPN, or VPN-to-VPN routers, or what
have you.

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