Re: [LINUX5250] Print Server Daemon

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> With an old BSD 5250 package I have been using, we configured
> a print session similarly to a display session.

I was not aware that there was a 5250 package for BSD!  I've been a
FreeBSD user myself for a long time.   I joined the TN5250 project, and
helped them port it from Linux to FreeBSD because I was not aware of
another 5250 client for BSD.  So, I'm intrigued.  What is the BSD client
called?  Where could I get a copy for myself?

>
> I could not figure out how to do that in tn5250 or xt5250.

I really don't understand what you're trying to say...   What are you
expecting to be more similar about them?


> However,  lp5250d env.DEVNAME=prtx   myas400
> worked fine.

That's good.

> Is this the correct method to use for use for printing?

It's "correct."   It's not the only way to go about it.   Personally, I
take it a bit further, and create a configuration profile, set up host
print transform, and specify which printer I'm outputting to.  But, if
that method serves your needs, there's no reason to make things more
complicated.

> If I start 2 lp5250d's will it listen for 2 as400's?
>

If you run lp5250d twice, telling the first one to connect to host1, and
the second one to connect to host2, then they'll connect to different
AS/400's.

I'm not sure how technically I should treat that question.   If you are a
network programmer, you're familiar with "server programs" which listen
for new connections, and "client programs" which make connections to
servers.   So, if that's the way you're asking the question, lp5250d is a
client program -- and therefore does not "listen" at all.   Instead, the
AS/400's telnet server is the server.

Hope that helps...