Re: Printer on the net

We use some TCP/IP printers here, and I was able to telnet both to the
standard telnet port 23 (for printer setup) and connect to port 515,
although there wasn't much I could do in 515 since I don't know the 
protocol for printing.

So, if you can do a telnet to the printer port 515 then you should be
able to print to it.  If you can't, then you won't.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!


Rich Duzenbury wrote:
> 
> 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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