RE: Printer on the net

Actually, in this case, it means that the printer is running a socket 
server on port 515 that communicates using the LPD protocol, and is 
accessible from whereever your machine is.

First I see if I can ping and see a response from the target machine, but 
there are many reasons why the machine may not respond to an ICMP packet.

Often, I use telnet to see if I can open the socket.  With some protocols, 
for instance SMTP, you could actually do enough in telnet to run an entire 
session.  I would say that you are in reasonably good shape if you can just 
get the socket open on port 515.

Regards,
Rich



At 10:45 AM 5/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Ping and get a reply, you meant to say, right?
>
>Example, on my AS/400, I can ping and resolve Yahoo.com.  But, I don't get a
>reply because of the proxy used.  So, that means I couldn't print to a
>printer on the internet.
>
>Or could I?  I've never tried, I'm just assuming.
>
>Brad
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:35 AM
> > To: WEB400@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Printer on the net
> >
> >
> >
> > IP, is IP, is IP.  If you can ping the printer, then it
> > shouldn't matter if
> > they are on your local LAN or on the internet.  What will
> > matter if there
> > is a firewall somewhere blocking sending data to the printer.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> >
> > ==================
> > A smart person learns from their mistakes,
> > but a wise person learns from OTHER peoples mistakes.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                     "Pillai, Sushama"
> >
> >                     <spillai@automatedinstal        To:
> > WEB400@midrange.com
> >                     lment.com>                      cc:
> >
> >                     Sent by:                        Subject:
> >    RE: Printer on the net
> >                     owner-web400@midrange.co
> >
> >                     m
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                     05/18/01 10:05 AM
> >
> >                     Please respond to WEB400
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The printer is not directly connected to the 400. There is no network
> > connection between them other than the internet.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stone, Brad V (TC) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 9:14 AM
> > To: 'WEB400@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: Printer on the net
> >
> > You should be able to set up an output queue and point it to
> > the IP address
> > of the printer.  That is, if you're directly connected.  I'm
> > not sure if
> > you can proxy printer streams from intranet to internet.
> >
> > Brad
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: Pillai, Sushama [mailto:spillai@automatedinstallment.com]
> >  Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 8:57 AM
> >  To: WEB400@midrange.com
> >  Subject: Printer on the net
> >
> >  I need to find a way to send data from the AS400 to print on
> > a printer
> >  connect only via internet. Can anyone help me on this ?
> >
> >
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