Third Party Network Applications and Utilities
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Appendix B Third Party Network Applications and Utilities
B.1 Windows 95 LPR Utilities
Other vendors provide utilities that allow printing from Windows 95 using
lpr.
B.2 PC-NFS for Windows
The NIC was designed as a direct network interface for printers in Unix
environments that support the line printer daemon (lpd). The NIC also
works with PC/TCP-compatible software, such as PC/TCP FTP, and with
VMS systems that support (lpd).
PC-NFS enables DOS users shared printers attached to hosts or to PCs.
PC-NFS users can access the printer through their Unix PC-NFS server
and print jobs at the rated speed of the printer.
To set up a shared printer:
1. Install PC-NFS on your PC. See your PC-NFS installation guide for
instructions.
2. Set up a PC-NFS server as described in the PC-NFS installation
guide. Make sure that the server runs the PC-NFS daemon
rpc.pcnfsd.
3. Set up a printer on the PC-NFS server as described in Chapter 10 in
this guide.
4. Edit the serverÕs /etc/exports Þle and add the print spool directory to
the list of directories being exported to the PCs running PC-NFS.
Make sure that the PCs have read and write access to this directory. If
the spool directory is not exported, PC-NFS will not mount the printer.
