Re: TCP/IP printing to PC printers

Hi,

NetManage's NS/Portfolio product supports 5250 printing through direct TCP/IP 
since beginning of 
1997. It works with V3R1 and up. It is not using the new TN5250E protocol that 
will be on V4R2 
but it directly talks to the Network Printer Server on the AS/400 to read the 
spooled files to 
print on the PC. (NS/Portfolio is originally from netSoft which was bought by 
NetManage last 
year.)

Thanks,

Albert
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Date: 03/13/98
Time: 12:11:52

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  From: Preston Sights <wps@synapse.com>
  Subject: Re: TCP/IP printing to PC printers 
  Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:50:50 +0000 
  To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com


> 
> 
> I don't know about CA/400 current offerings, however ....
> 
> IBM is enhancing the TCP/IP support in the AS/400 to 
> support printers where previously they had only supported 
> displays (as was the original intention of the client protocol 
> they were using - so don't really blame them for that).
> 
> That functionality is available in V4R2 and IBM is planning 
> (or so I am told - I am NOT an IBMer !!) to release the 
> capability via PTF for earlier releases (v4r1, v3r7 and v3r2) 
> with various time frames -- my information says v3r7 sooner 
> than the others and in the near timeframe (again I am NOT 
> an IBMer).
> 
> NOW CAUTION -- even though the support is available 
> in the AS/400, the PC client software must support the 
> function or you only have half a solution.  When that 
> will be available in Client Access and what platforms 
> -- I don't know.
> 
> Other vendors have a printer solution over TCP/IP 
> that you can get today, but I really shouldn't comment on 
> that (because I represent a vendor) so I won't.   If you 
> have an installed base of CA/400 you wouldn't care 
> anyway.
> 
> I personally don't like Anynet although I suppose there are 
> several people using it - just my personal viewpoint which 
> I won't elaborate on here since you are not using it anyway.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Best regards,
> Preston Sights
> Synapse Communications
> 
> 
> 
> > From:          "Jack Mullins" <jmullins@sundash.com>
> > To:            <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Subject:       TCP/IP printing to PC printers
> > Date:          Fri, 13 Mar 1998 09:02:10 -0600
> > Reply-to:      MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> 
> > Hello All:
> > 
> > We're running V3R7 with networked PCs via TCP/IP and Windows95 as 
>workstations.  
> > We want to be able to print to our PC printers from the AS/400.  
> > We use CA for Windows95 and we're not running AnyNet.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > 
> > Jack Mullins
> > Sun Industries, Inc.
> > 2409 Industrial Drive
> > Jonesboro, AR 72402
> > http://www.sundash.com
> > jmullins@sundash.com
> > jmullins@ipa.net
> > 
> > 
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