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Additional info - Should probably have mentioned that the Client Access I set up was 95/NT V3R2. I'd like to try Express as well, but haven't yet. DG > -----Original Message----- > From: Gallagher, Debbie (CA - Toronto) > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 10:15 AM > To: Midrange List (E-mail) > Subject: New AS/400 - Printing Options > > > Now that Client Access is working, I am on to the step for setting up > printing: In the Welcome CD, they provide the following options for > setting up printers: > > Options & Descriptions (copied from Welcome CD): > * Network printer: Often called virtual print, this method means that > your PC applications print on AS/400- or LAN-attached printers as if they > were physically attached to your PC. > * 5250 printer emulation: With printer emulation, you can print AS/400 > application output to a workstation-attached printer. > * Share PC-attached printer with other Client Access users: You can do > this by combining the other two methods. Network print is used to forward > PC output to the AS/400 Spool file, then the Printer Emulation Session is > used to print that output on a PC printer attached to another Client > Access user's PC. > > Our AS/400 will not be used very much in the short term. It is a 720 > running V4R3. Client Access is installed on one PC so far (and will be > installed on several others) and the 5250 display emulation works. We do > not plan to do any development or any real end user work yet. For now, it > will be used mainly to practice JDEdwards Installations (both World and > OneWorld). We have several PCs and several Intel servers on the same > network as the AS/400. There is one dumb terminal for the AS/400 in the > server room. We will need to be able to print the status reports from the > JDE install procedure and various types of print screens (e.g. host print > as well as Client Access print). > > My first thought is to use option 2, the 5250 printer emulation. However, > I don't understand how I print from the dumb terminal this way, since > there are no printer devices (wrkwtr) set up on the AS/400 and the CD > doesn't explain how to set that up - likely there is something here that I > don't understand? > > We will soon be moving to V4R4, so if one of these printing options is > easier than the others for updating to V4R4, or if one of these can be set > up quickly and easily and then discarded in favour of something better in > V4R4, that would be useful to know. > > Suggestions anyone? > > Debbie Gallagher > dgallagher@deloitte.ca > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@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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