printing via pc-nfs

[Juha Kuusama]

by celvin%ee.surrey.ac.uk at nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk (Chris Elvin):
> I have recently installed pc-nfs on a bunch of pc clones and was wondering
> if anybody has had experience of printing files remotely other than via
> the "net print" command.  I'm looking at printing from within GEM or
> MS-WINDOWS (and other applcations) and so far, all my output has
> disappeared down a black-hole.  I am not very familiar with pc-nfs, but
> appear to be following the instructions.  Any help is much appreciated.

My company has same problems; a site nearby has same problems. We (our
company, the nearby site, local university (whose machine I'm using just
now) and Finnish SUN representative) have spend a fair amount of time
trying to find a solution. No way.

I announced my PC users that the network we bought (SUN + PC-NFS) doesn't
work as advertised! No printouts from DOS applications. Instead the must
send the output into a file, then NET PRINT it. Most of the time they get
their output, put sometimes the printout vanishes still. Altough all the
major applications we use can send their output into a file, I'm still
extremely unhappy. I hope, that a new release of PC-NFS willl get me what
I bought (and trusted some of my career!).

Juha Kuusama, kuusama at korppi.tut.fi