Re: [Rpcemu] Network Printing from RPCEmu

In article <8cbe6e825a.jbilton@jbilton.stjohnsarc.org.uk>,
John Bilton <jbilton@freeuk.com> wrote:
> Hello,

> I am using v0.94 of RPCEmu on a Windows 10 machine
> to emulate RiscOS v4.02. It works well and I can
> access websites from RiscOS using !Netsurf v3.10.

> I need to be able to access a network printer on
> the host network (say at address 192.168.1.15) and
> have not yet been able to achieve that. Printing
> via PDFPrint, transferring the file through hostfs,
> then using a Windows host machine to print the file
> on the network printer is far too slow, although
> it does work.

> I was hoping to be able to use the network printer
> directly with a RiscOS driver such as RemotePrinterFS.
> The script 'RemotePrinterFS#proto=LPD;address=192.
> 168.1.15;sendfirst=controlfile:' works well from
> native RiscOS machines to the network printer.

> Is there any way this could be achieved on emulated
> RiscOS machines, using RPCEmu? I had wondered if the
> recent addition of port forwarding to RPCEmu might
> be the answer, but I cannot find any instructions on
> its use and comments from user groups seem to suggest
> that its principal use is to facilitate the hosting
> of a RiscOS website server under RPCEmu. A very useful
> purpose, but the ability to print files quickly is
> more important from my viewpoint.

> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

> Many thanks, John Bilton

John,
All the computers in this house are LAN connected to a couple of printers,
the most used one being a HP Laserjet 2055dn

One of my many emulated RISC OS installs is on a RPCEmu 0.9.4 running RISC
OS 5.29, this connects and prints perfectly okay to the HP LJ.

I use JetDirect to facilitate the connection with all my emulated RISC OS
installs.

VRPC-DL and RPCEmu running various version of RISC OS.

In the RPCEmu Printer manager 1.90 and in the connection dialogue window
(Shift + Adjust click) I have "JetDirectFS:192.168.0.16" (Sans quotes)
which is obviously the address of the LJ printer.

Dave

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Dave Triffid

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