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Jack, Sure, wait for the PTF's for V3R7 to come out, then use the TELNET enhancements to support printer passthru. Really good stuff. This is out as part of V4R2, and is being retrofit to V3R2, V3R7 and V4R1. When do you get the PTFs? V3R7 -> 1Q98 V3R2/V4R1 -> 2Q98 TELNET Printer Pass-Through Mode -------------------------------- The TELNET printer pass-through mode (TPPT) allows the AS/400 user with a TELNET client that supports printer emulation, to attach printer devices on the AS/400 over the network. This support is accomplished by negotiating the 3812 or 5553 device type support with the remote client TELNET application. If you intend to use the TCP/IP TELNET printer pass-through, check with the client vendor or with third parties that are known to provide 5250 clients for the availability of the printer pass-through function. Clients that support this function are: * IBM Client Access for Win95 * Personal Communications Version 4 Release 2 TELNET Printer Pass-Through (TPPT) delivers the printer data stream between the two systems as either EBCDIC or ASCII depending on the preferences of the requesting client. This topic explains the special considerations for a TELNET user operating in TPPT mode. Workstation AS/400 +-------------+-------+--------+ +-------------+-------------+ | Network | | | | | | | Printer | | | | | | | Description | Win | Client | | TELNET | Virtual | +-------------| 95/NT | Access | | Server | Printer | | Physical | | | | Support | Description | | Printer | | | | | | | Description | | | | | | +----+--------+-------+----+---+ +-----+-------+-------------+ | | | +----+-----+ | | +----------+ | Local | | TCP/IP | | Network | | Printer | +-> Network <------+---->| Printer | | Device | | Device | +----------+ +----------+ Figure 1. TELNET Printer Pass-Through-Mode Environment TPPT printing support can only be negotiated with a TELNET client application on a system that supports TELNET printer emulation, for example, Client Access for Win95. TELNET printer pass-through mode supports the following generic EBCDIC printer devices: * IBM-3812-1 for single byte character set support (SBCS) * IBM-5553-B01 for double byte character set devices (DBCS) In addition, either of these two generic device types can be more completely specified by requesting the AS/400 Host Print Transform (HPT) function and selecting the specific manufacture type, the printer data stream is sent in ASCII. Security Considerations for TELNET Printer Pass-Through Mode ------------------------------------------------------------ Printer sessions are always made active, immediately after session initialization, which means that sign-on attempts are not necessary. In Version 4 Release 2, the following level of support has been added with regard to security of printer devices: * You have the ability to deny connections through TELNET User Exits TELNET Printer Pass-Through Mode Server to CA Win95 TELNET Client ----------------------------------------------------------------- This topic describes some practical experiences of a TPPT mode TELNET server with the Client Access for Win95 client. TPPT Mode Server to Client Access Win95 TELNET Client The IBM Client Access for Win95 client provides both display emulation, 5250 full-screen TELNET client, and printer emulation. A printer session can be started by selecting: 1. "IBM for AS/400 Client Access", "Accessories", "Start or Configure Session" from the program start menu 2. Select the name of an AS/400 system to connect to from the System name pull-down Use the workstation ID field to specifically request an AS/400 virtual device name or leave it blank and the TELNET server will auto-select a compatible virtual device (QPADEVxxxx) and return the name on the printer control panel. For type of emulation: 1. Choose printer 2. Click on the set-up box to bring up the PC5250 printer emulation set-up screen >From the set-up screen, you may configure things such as font, the AS/400 message queue where printer messages are to be sent, and the "transform print data to ASCII on AS/400" (HPT) host function. If HPT is selected, this enables other configuration items, such as printer model and media tray selection options. There is also an auto-reconnect option, and an option to override the default AS/400 TELNET port number (23). The session is ended by selecting "communication" followed by "disconnect" from the menu bar. Jeffrey Stevens - AS/400 TCP/IP (LPD/WSG/TELNET) Work: jssteven@us.ibm.com Personal: jstevens@stny.lrun.com ---------------------- Forwarded by Jeffrey Stevens/Endicott/IBM on 03-13-98 03:16 PM --------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 09:02:10 -0600 From: "Jack Mullins" <jmullins@sundash.com> Subject: TCP/IP printing to PC printers 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. Can you = give me some recommendations on how this might be accomplished or point = me in the right direction so I can do some more research into the = problem? What are some of the pitfalls in doing this? Thanks in advance, Jack Mullins Sun Industries, Inc. 2409 Industrial Drive Jonesboro, AR 72402 http://www.sundash.com jmullins@sundash.com jmullins@ipa.net +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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