Re: Remote Printer

Mark -
If there is a firewall between the AS/400 and the remote site, I believe you
will need to open up the ports on the firewall that are used by the remote
printer...see the PORT parameter on the DEVD for the printer...

Steve Landess


----- Original Message -----
From: <MWalter@hanoverwire.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:31 AM
Subject: Remote Printer


> Hello all,
>
> Is it possible to create a *LAN printer on a network segment that is
> different from our AS/400's? Here is my situation. We have an HP8100
> connected to our local network working perfectly as a LAN device type. We
> also have another HP8100 series printer at a remote site. The sites are
> connected via Frame relay. I tried to copy the device description for our
> local 8100 and just change the IP address to the address of the remote
> printer. I can ping the printer from an AS/400 command line. I vary the
> device on and I can start the writer. The first time I tried to print to
> the printer, I got a message stating that the 'Remote device rejected an
> attempt by the writer to open an connection'. I placed the document on
> hold, ended the writer, and varied off the device. I varied the device on
> again , restarted the writer, and tried to release the document. I just
> sets there at a RDY status.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mark
>
>
> Mark Walter
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> Hanover Wire Cloth a div of CCX, Inc.
> mwalter@hanoverwire.com
> http://www.hanoverwire.com
> 717.637.3795 Ext.3040
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