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  3. May 2003

Re: Print Server Daemon

Scott Klement wrote:


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?


Its proprietary code owned by NLynx/Decision data and believe me it
is crap. Its very, very balled up in tcl. From what I have seen
so far, tn5250.org is far superior.

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.


Well let me clarify. I am not well versed in 5250. I have read RFC 2877 and
do not follow most of it. By experimention I have determined that env.DEVNAME
in xt5250 will identify the "session" correctly and env.DEVNAME with
lp5250d will give the AS400 a correct virtual printer name to refer too.
Good so far.
I am anticipating that there are a bunch of 5250e variables to do with host
transform/translation which I do not understand yet and I am hoping that
can all be setup via lp5250d either as command line variables or in a config
file similar to tn5250rc.

Using tn5250rc with xt5250 I was unsuccessful in either printing or
getting the AS400 to see a virtual printer.  But that may have be because I
didn't know what I was doing.
But using lp5250d was easy.  I am just wondering if it restrictive.

By the way, lp5250d worked great also when my display session was
tn5280j.jar, which was cool. I hope to learn enough about 5250 in the next week to phrase my
questions more intelligently.

Thanks much for responding,

P.S.  FreeBSD 5.0 is wonderful.  updates/package add -- I wish Linux
could get so organized.   But for now I need to do this on Linux.



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