From: Ernest (Ernest.LaBonte@Compaq.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 14:12:09 EDT
Hello Administrators,
In our effort to identify Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX printing migration solutions,
the engineering team request a moment of your time to answer some questions.
The questionnaire is available on line at:
www.tru64unix.compaq.com/printing/MigrationQuestionnaire.html
For your convenience a text version of the questionnaire is provided below.
The completed form can be mailed to Ernest.LaBonte @ hp.com
We are looking forward to hearing from you. The information you provide
will be valuable in helping us plan a printing migration solution.
Regards,
Ernest LaBonte
Hewlett-Packard Company
Tru64 UNIX Printing Engineering
eMail: Ernest.LaBonte @ hp.com (Remove spaces)
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1 For those using Tru64 UNIX BSD (lpr/lpd) style printing:
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1.1 What printers do you currently use with UNIX BSD style printing?
1.2 If you have developed your own software or print filters for the Tru64
UNIX print environment, please provide a brief description of the added
functionality.
1.3 If you use a mixed environment, (BSD style, Advanced Printing, System V,
other), and it is important for you to have BSD style printing
environment,
please explain why.
1.4 If you prefer BSD style printing over other methods, please explain?
2 General Print Environment questions:
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2.1 How many printers are connected via each of the following methods:
2.1a Network printing, directly to the printer using TCP/IP socket.
(lp=@printername/socketnumber in /etc/printcap)
The number of TCP/IP network printers:
2.1b Hard connection, printer connected to a serial or parallel port.
(lp=/dev/tty?? or lp=/dev/lp0 in /etc/printcap):
The number of hard connected printers:
2.1c Remote printing to something other than a print or terminal server.
(rm and rp specifiers in /etc/printcap)
The number of remote printers:
2.2 Do you use Tru64 UNIX BSD style printing for high volume, continuous
(e.g. all day long) output, and if so, what have you done to tune
your
printing environment to maximize throughput?
2.3 If you are going to migrate your print environment from Tru64 UNIX to
HP-UX and have not done so before, what kind of migration tools do you
think would be helpful to you?
3 HP-UX System V print Environment:
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3.1 If there any Tru64 UNIX BSD style printing features that you would like
to see in the HP-UX System V print environment, please explain.
3.2 If you know of any printers that you currently use on Tru64 UNIX which
are not supported on HP-UX, please list them.
3.3 If you have already migrated your printing environment from Tru64 UNIX
to HP-UX (or from BSD styled to System V on any type of system), what
kind of migration tools were helpful or would have been helpful?
4 For those using a Third Party Print Solution:
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If you are not using a Third Party Solution, please continue to section 5.
4.1 Please describe your printing environment.
4.2 What printers do you use in this environment?
4.3 Is this third-party software available on HP-UX?
5 Additional Comments:
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