RE: [LINUX5250] Printer Support

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, sorry... I wrote that message too quickly.   Of course it needs
a REDIRECT not a PIPE.

Try this:

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


On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Rosewood wrote:

> I added the pipe command and still nothing.  To test if I can print to
> PRT03, Im changing my user profile to default to prt03 and then doing a
> print screen -- nothing
>
> Also I made it the absolute path, but scs2pdf is in my path statement
> and runs okay w/o the absolute path
>
> >You're missing the PIPE in your outputcommand.  It should be:
> >
> >        'outputcommand=scs2pdf|/tmp/spoolfile$$.pdf'
>
>
> There was no PRT03 that I saw before
>
> An example print conf page
>
>                                     Print Options                   Page
> 1 of 4
>
>
>  Document  . . . . . . . . . . . :   ACMSRECR
>
>
>
>  Type choices, press Enter.
>
>    Page range:
>
>      Start page  . . . . . . . . .   *FIRST       0.01-9999.99, *FIRST,
> *LAST
>      End page  . . . . . . . . . .   *LAST        0.01-9999.99, *FIRST,
> *LAST
>                                                   *STRPAGE
>
>    Number of copies  . . . . . . .   1            1-99
>
>    Output device . . . . . . . . .   1            1=Printer, 2=Display
>
>                                                   3=File
>
>      Printer . . . . . . . . . . .   PRT03        *USRPRF, *SYSVAL,
> *WRKSTN
>                                                   Printer ID
>
>      Output queue  . . . . . . . .   *DEV         Name, *DEV, *FILE,
> *WRKSTN
>        Library . . . . . . . . . .   *LIBL        Name, *LIBL
>
>      Output file . . . . . . . . .   *DOC         Name, *DOC, *FILE
>
>      Form type . . . . . . . . . .   LH02         Printer form
>
>      Printer file  . . . . . . . .   QSYSPRT      Name
>
>        Library . . . . . . . . . .   *LIBL        Name, *LIBL
>
>
> More...
>
> I don't see anything there about scs or ipds and I have no idea what
> either is or how I can check :P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux5250-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:linux5250-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of James Rich
> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:29 AM
> > To: linux5250@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: [LINUX5250] Printer Support
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Rosewood wrote:
> >
> > > lp5250d env.DEVNAME=PRT03 'outputcommand=scs2pdf
> > /tmp/spoolfile$$.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
> >
> > Hmmm...  That looks right.  Perhaps you are trying to print
> > IPDS documents?  scs2pdf only support *SCS printouts.  You
> > might also try putting the full path names in, i.e.:
> >
> > lp5250d env.DEVNAME=PRT03 \
> > 'outputcommand=/usr/bin/scs2pdf /tmp/spoolfile$$.pdf' \ 192.168.0.2
> >
> > (my scs2pdf is in /usr/bin, yours may be different, like
> > /usr/local/bin)
> >
> > You should be sure that you didn't already have a PRT03
> > configured on the AS/400 since it will use the previous
> > definition which may not be valid.
> >
> > James Rich
> >
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