Re: SNDTCPSPLF destination options

Hi Paul,

Thanks for that explanation. Where can I find documentation of the format of
the control file?  Is there a standard LPR/LPD command to request uncollated
copies? From your explanation, it doesn't sound like the standard
differentiates. Can the destination options be used to send actual
model-specific printer commands?

As it turns out, XAIX is fine, since these are all one-page forms.  And the
Kyocera was emulating an HP and was just for testing; the production
printers will all be HP 8000 printers.

Thanks for the info!

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tykodi, Paul" <Paul@intermate-us.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: SNDTCPSPLF destination options


> 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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