RE: Shared printers:

     Could you have the Unix system target the AS400 instead of the 
     printer. That way, AS400 and Unix jobs are managed by the AS400 
     outq/writer. You would need LPD active on the AS400. 
     
     hth
     Eric


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Subject: Shared printers:
Author:  "Matt Patee" <SMTP:mpatee@abm.com> at EXCHANGE
Date:    12/26/00 12:56 PM


Situation:
     
I've got a 730 AS/400 V4R4M0, and an HP9000 HPUX V11. I'm using an IPDS 
capable printer (printronix line printer). AS/400 uses IPDS or PJL to print 
to the printer, HP uses LPR/LPD. Both systems work perfectly alone. The 
problem I am having is when multiple form types are used on one printer 
shared by both systems, we run the risk of the other system overwriting the 
form type.
     
Example:
     
Standard paper is loaded on the printer with no print jobs pending. A user 
wants to print some invoices onto this printer, and changes the paper 
(knowing that the 400 is smart enough to ask her to load a new form type 
with her invoices). However, just after she loads the paper, and before she 
prints her report, a Unix user send a standard print job to the same 
printer. Because of the different spooler, it doesn't know that the form 
type has changed and prints the standard report on the invoice paper.
     
HELP!
     
I need to know how people are solving this problem. Obviously training the 
users is an option (but I don't want to do this). Can the 400 accept HP 
print jobs, and retain security and settings for number of copies etc? Does 
the HP spooler do this with 400 jobs? Is there a third party spooler we 
could use to accomplish this? What if any other solutions are there? I know 
my company can't be the only one out there facing this problem. Any help or 
suggestions would be very appreciated.
     
     
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Matthew Patee
Midrange Systems Manager
ABM Industries
(415) 836-9909
fax:(415) 836-9911
     
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