Re: BPCS printing to remote location. -- BPCS-L


1) You need to have an connection through the network to the printer
established. You will need either A) a print server; or B) a printer
attached to a PC with a newer version of client access that supports named
devices and printer sessions. Client Access is the easiest way - just
create a printer session and the local printer attached to your PC can be a
system printer. A network printer connection will require a laser printer
attached to a print server. The print server attached to the network
(example AXIS 540 using a remote output queue configuration). Some laser
printers can be attached and emulate actual printer devices on the AS/400,
but using the AXIS 540 you must configure it on the AS/400 as a remote
output queue. (Remote output queues are easy to configure.) The AXIS box
can be configured by using a web browser over your local area network. The
crtoutq command is all that is needed on the AS/400. Example below:

If you want to use the lan attached printer as a PC printer you will be
required to install the necessary drivers to drive the printer over the
network.

Create Output Queue (CRTOUTQ)
Output queue . . . . . . . . . . OUTQ         > PRT02 <== Name of the
output queue - will not have a device name
Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                  *LIBL

Maximum spooled file size:       MAXPAGES

Number of pages  . . . . . . .                *NONE

Starting time  . . . . . . . .

Ending time  . . . . . . . . .

Order of files on queue  . . . . SEQ            *FIFO

Remote system  . . . . . . . . . RMTSYS         *INTNETADR

Remote printer queue . . . . . . RMTPRTQ       'PR1'
Writers to autostart . . . . . . AUTOSTRWTR     1
Queue for writer messages  . . . MSGQ           PRT02   <== name of message
 queue you want messages to go to.
Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                  QGPL
Connection type  . . . . . . . . CNNTYPE        *IP
Destination type . . . . . . . . DESTTYPE       *OTHER
Host print transform . . . . . . TRANSFORM      *YES
User data transform  . . . . . . USRDTATFM      *SAME
Library  . . . . . . . . . . .
Manufacturer type and model  . . MFRTYPMDL      *IBM4317
Workstation customizing object   WSCST          *NONE
Library  . . . . . . . . . . .
Internet address . . . . . . . . INTNETADR      '000.00.00.00 '  <== the
internet address assigned  to the print server
VM/MVS class . . . . . . . . . . CLASS          *SAME
Forms Control Buffer . . . . . . FCB            *SAME
Destination options  . . . . . . DESTOPT        *NONE

Print separator page . . . . . . SEPPAGE        *YES

User defined option  . . . . . . USRDFNOPT      *NONE

User defined object:             USRDFNOBJ

Object . . . . . . . . . . . .                *NONE

Library  . . . . . . . . . .
Object type  . . . . . . . . .

User driver program  . . . . . . USRDRVPGM      *NONE

Library  . . . . . . . . . . .

Text 'description' . . . . . . . TEXT           'Description of printer'

Display any file . . . . . . . . DSPDTA         *YES  <== if you specify
yes all users can see all spool files in this output queue.
Job separators . . . . . . . . . JOBSEP         0
 Operator controlled  . . . . . . OPRCTL         *YES
 Data queue . . . . . . . . . . . DTAQ           *NONE
 Library  . . . . . . . . . . .
 Authority to check . . . . . . . AUTCHK         *DTAAUT  <== allows all
users to use all aspects of output queue is owner of output queue is SSA.

Remote printing does not work well on systems that are very busy.

I hope this will be of some help.

Sincerely,

Chris Ertz
Software Development Manager
American Metal Products






Forwiw@aol.com on 07/30/99 11:15:37 AM

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Subject:  BPCS printing to remote location.


We have an AS400 version V4R2.  Our remote location is connected
using frame relay and I believe using TCP/IP (I'm just learning all this).
Our remote location has Windows NT version 4.0, and all their pc's have
IBM Client Access installed.  They can print to their pc's while running
the BPCS software.  They do not have a controller.  They have a frad,
router, (whatever it's called).
What they are looking for is a tractor fed printer to print their forms
in BPCS (Invoices and Pick Lists).
I had suggested using their current laser printer and using just 8 1/2
x 11 paper for this, but they DON'T want to do this.
Is their a tractor fed printer that can be attached to their network, or
pc,
so
they can print out their BPCS forms?  How should this be connected?
Can this be done?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Sandy
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