Remote printing using PC Anywhere 11.5

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at bestweb.net
Mon May 2 12:42:19 PDT 2005


Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> 
> Tom Lansing wrote:
> > This has probably been covered but what is the proper way to set up remote
> > printing for filePro on a Windows XP
> > machine using PC Anywhere 11.5? I have the remote printer setup on the host
> > and the default printer for filePro
> > set to pcaw. But when I try to print, it neither prints at the host's or at
> > my remote printer. What am I missing?
[...]
> The termcap for you are using, I think, requires Local Print PN= and PS=
> to be set properly.  Then tell filePro to local print.  Use -pt on the
> menu line or
> 
> PRINTER LOCAL
> 
> in processing.  If by default printer, you mean the printer type is set
> to pcaw that is ok.
[...]

The use of pcAnywhere implies that the other computer is a Windows box,
not a *nix box.

My question is -- from outside of filePro, how would you get a file to
print on the local printer?

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