RE: TCP/IP printing to PC printers -- MIDRANGE-L

The PC/Client side to this is 573-XD1  V3R1M3  Client Access for
Windows95/NT
Over the next month or so all existing users of this product should
receive a Program Reorder Form from IBM announcing the updated code is
available (it' available now if you happen to order the code on a new
machine, or for the first time, but apparently existing users have to
wait until IBM sends the PRF).
The update to V3R1M3 should be no charge.
You will need to install the code on the AS/400 - and probably whatever
Service Pack is current at the time.
If a PC is already running the current code the 'Check Version' should
be able to take care of updating the release on the PC.  That should be
true if the client PC is running the V3R1M2 version.  Don't know about
the V3R1M1 version - but I'm pretty sure you're out of luck (i.e. need
to reinstall on PC) if the PC still has the V3R1M0 version.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Preston Sights [SMTP:wps@synapse.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 1998 6:51 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: TCP/IP printing to PC printers
> 
> 
> 
> I don't know about CA/400 current offerings, however ....
> 
> IBM is enhancing the TCP/IP support in the AS/400 to 
> support printers where previously they had only supported 
> displays (as was the original intention of the client protocol 
> they were using - so don't really blame them for that).
> 
> That functionality is available in V4R2 and IBM is planning 
> (or so I am told - I am NOT an IBMer !!) to release the 
> capability via PTF for earlier releases (v4r1, v3r7 and v3r2) 
> with various time frames -- my information says v3r7 sooner 
> than the others and in the near timeframe (again I am NOT 
> an IBMer).
> 
> NOW CAUTION -- even though the support is available 
> in the AS/400, the PC client software must support the 
> function or you only have half a solution.  When that 
> will be available in Client Access and what platforms 
> -- I don't know.
> 
> Other vendors have a printer solution over TCP/IP 
> that you can get today, but I really shouldn't comment on 
> that (because I represent a vendor) so I won't.   If you 
> have an installed base of CA/400 you wouldn't care 
> anyway.
> 
> I personally don't like Anynet although I suppose there are 
> several people using it - just my personal viewpoint which 
> I won't elaborate on here since you are not using it anyway.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Best regards,
> Preston Sights
> Synapse Communications
> 
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