Re: ASCII Printer TCP/IP Attached

[Jerome Draper <jdraper@xxxxxxx>]

I you use the new TCP/IP printer program from Synapse (I sell, use,
support, and recommend Synapse) you get total control of your print job at
the PC level so that if a forms jam occurs you can reprint the report.  You
can try their free demo at www.synapse.com/

Jerry

At 07:31 PM 5/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Marc
>
>At 08:00 PM 2/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>We will have an old ASCII printer, HP 2235, attached to 
>>either a Jet Direct box or NetSoft.  If a forms jam, or some 
>>other problem occurs, would the AS/400 recognize the 
>>problem as it does with "smarter" printers?
>
>Short answer—probably not. If you use a remote outq, the answer is
>definitely no, AFAIK. You might get better behavior with recent support for
>IP addresses in CRTDEVPRT. There's also a LaserJet support option on that
>command, but is that meaningful for you?




Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Nlynx, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
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