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Re: Printer

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On 06 Mar, dave@triffid.co.uk wrote:
> On 05 Mar, dave@triffid.co.uk wrote:
> > On 05 Mar, dave@triffid.co.uk wrote:
> > [Snippy]
> > > As for installing on the beast running 32 bit XP well... I'm still
> > > trying to get that to work.

> > As a footnote, I can report I eventually managed to get the printer
> > working with XP., though I had to climb a mountain and trek at my desk
> > fpr many hours just to get next door.

> > Funny old world, I was expecting the difficult bit to be the RISC OS
> > to printer as the challenge, whereas in the end it was actually the
> > easiest bit.

> > Dave

> But I'm back for another session.

> So, the printer now works from all the computers, both RISC OS (Two OS
> versions) and Windows (Two OS versions).

> Now comes the really really brown stuff question, and this always has
> been a PITA since day one with VRPC. I have on occasion got it to work
> when the printer was directly connected to the Underlying PC, but never
> successfully network connected even in the past I had a print server as
> part of the NAS.

> Getting printing to work from VRPC-AdjustSA, as no matter what I enter
> into the Connections dialogue as described in the VRPC manual, Printer
> section, has proven impossible.

[Snippy]

Right, I've now got it working.
By forgetting the VRPC manual (Pah!)

What was needed... Install the JetDirect Module, then enter the Actual
printer Host name in its writable and all was okay.

Dave

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Dave Triffid

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Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-05 14:13 +0000
  Re: Printer. O/T T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-05 21:15 +0000
    Re: Printer. O/T Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 11:40 +0000
      Re: Printer. O/T Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 13:04 +0000
        Re: Printer. O/T Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 16:40 +0100
        Re: Printer. O/T T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-06 23:17 +0000
  Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-05 21:28 +0000
    Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 07:04 +0000
      Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 07:39 +0000
        Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-03-06 10:27 +0000
          Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 16:16 +0000

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