RE: [LINUX5250] Printer Support

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're missing the PIPE in your outputcommand.  It should be:

        'outputcommand=scs2pdf|/tmp/spoolfile$$.pdf'


On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Rosewood wrote:

> Thanks again
>
> lp5250d env.DEVNAME=PRT03 'outputcommand=scs2pdf /tmp/spoolfile$$.pdf'
> 192.168.0.2
>
> That's the command I ran, and prt03 is created, and I don't seem to be
> getting error messages when I print to it, however I don't seem to get
> any files created either, and I ran the command as root on the linux box
>
> :<
>
> Im doing this because we are having a lot of remote users being added
> (connecting via an Ipsec tunnel) and they have to all use PRT03 since
> anything past 3 won't work on their network connection, but local prints
> work fine on prt04 etc
>
> So I figure if I can print to files, Ill work on a script to take the
> file printed by a specific user and have it auto copied to a dir where
> they can download it (or have it SMB mounted) and then they can do a
> local print
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux5250-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:linux5250-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of James Rich
> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:03 AM
> > To: linux5250@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: [LINUX5250] Printer Support
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Rosewood wrote:
> >
> > > Our system is limited in that only the first three printers will be
> > > viewed on a network connection to our home office, thus we
> > will only
> > > be able to run one instance of the command you game me for everyone
> > >
> > > Does that mean that all print outs are going to just spool
> > to the one
> > > big .pdf file or is it that after every print, the file get
> > > over-writen?
> >
> > > >   lp5250d env.DEVNAME=PRT03 \
> > > >   'outputcommand=scs2pdf /tmp/spoolfile$$.pdf' \
> > > >   your.as400.com
> >
> > The above command will create a new file for each printout
> > you send to the printer.  Every file will be owned by whoever
> > started the above command. If you leave the $$ out of the
> > command then the file will be overwritten.
> >
> > James Rich
> >
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