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Dear Peter, The LPR protocol was invented back when most networked printers were attached to an output port on a Workstation that was connected to a network. The LPR function was invented so that a file to be printed could be moved from a Workstation without a printer to a Workstation with a printer. The protocol is designed to act somewhat like a specialized file transfer for files that are in a ready to be printed format. It includes two files for every transfer between sending client and receiving printer station. The control file includes some information about the file to be printed (ex. file size) as well as some formatting options that the originator would like honored if possible. One of these options is the number of copies required. The second file is the actual data to be printed and is known as the data file. When you configure an iSeries or AS/400 host to use LPR, via a remote output queue, to send a spool file to a multi-protocol print server like a JetDirect print server, the receiving device has no disk space in which it can store the file. It therefore has no capability to create a series of collated copies of an incoming spool file. By default, most LPD daemons running on multi-protocol print servers do not attempt to ask for multiple uncollated copies when the LPR control file specifies a copy count greater than one. This is why the XAIX parameter was created for the OS/400 LPR function. It replicates the number of copies requested from the OS/400 spool file attributes by sending the whole file to the target printer the number of times equal to the copies requested (as you have already seen). If your Kyocera printer is one of the newer digital copier/printer models or is an older model with an internal hard drive, you might be able to send it a special Kyocera command that would specify the number of collated copies requested through the use of a user exit on the iSeries host that called the appropriate OS/400 printing API to get the copies requested and then inserted an appropriate Kyocera printer command, for requesting the specified number of copies, ahead of the spool file data to be printed. If you post the model of Kyocera printer that you are using, I can give you any copy management suggestions that we have for that particular model of printer. HTH Best Regards, /Paul -- Paul Tykodi National Product Manager LCI-Intermate US, Inc. p: 603.431.0606 x115 f: 603.436.6432 paul@intermate-us.com www.intermate.com >From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com> >To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> >Subject: SNDTCPSPLF destination options >Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:48:33 -0800 >Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com > >Hi All, > >I'm looking for a DESTOPT option for Kyocera printers using a JetDirect NIC >that will cause the printer to do multiple copies. Currently I'm using the >XAIX option, which sends everything multiple times, which works, but uses up >bandwidth. The help text hints at a lot of stuff, but I've been unable to >find a good resource explaining LPR options -- there's too much stuff out >there. > >tia, >Peter Dow >Dow Software Services, Inc. >909 425-0194 voice >909 425-0196 fax
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