Annex Printers is it possible?

Frank Cannavale III/1024000 frank at ulticorp.UUCP
Wed Dec 5 01:12:26 AEST 1990


In article <525 at research.cc.flinders.oz> csmjp at research.cc.flinders.edu.au (<M.J.Packard>) writes:
>Is it possible to print directly to printers connected to an Annex terminal
>server under AiX?

Yes, I print to the Annex II server using the "aprint"
utility supplied (in C source code form) with the Annex II.

>This can be done under Umax 4.3 or V by using the "mkrnod" command
>to create a special file.

I'm pretty certain that mkrnod is an Encore enhancement
specifically added to Unix/BSD to use the Annex servers.
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Frank Cannavale III !uunet!ulticorp!frank   The Ultimate Corp, E.  Hanover, NJ
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