Re: outputting postscript to a printer -- MIDRANGE-L

It is currently working with lpr. But we would like to have a regular outqueue that is associated with this printer. Using lpr means we have to invoke the lpr command instead of simply overriding the outqueue using OVRPRTF.


That's not true.  You can create a remote output queue with

CRTOUTQ OUTQ(blah) CNNTYPE(*IP) RMTSYS('blah.example.com') RMTPRTQ('lp') AUTOSTRWTR(1)

plus whatever host print transform options or whatever you want... then you can use OVRPRTF OUTQ(blah) to make stuff go there.

HOWEVER, I don't like the iSeries support for LPR in this manner, I've always thought it was really awkward. I prefer to use a regular device description rather than an output queue.

I'm pretty sure we can use any of the protocols (except maybe SMB). Will any of them work in a way so that I can do OVRPRTF OUTQ(IBM1422) and have it start printing?

My preferred method is to use a LAN attached printer. This is basically the whatchacallit... JetDirect? PJL? something like that... the HP protocol that runs on port 9100.

We have an HP 4200 laser printer with a JetDirect card that's configured as follows:

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(PRT01)               +
          DEVCLS(LAN)               +
          TYPE(3812) MODEL(1)       +
          LANATTACH(*IP)            +
          PORT(9100)                +
          FONT(011)                 +
          TRANSFORM(*YES)           +
          MFRTYPMDL(*HP4000)        +       <--- change this
          RMTLOCNAME('10.10.10.10') +       <--- and this
          SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV)      +
          TEXT('HP4200n in Accounting')     <--- and this.

The same printer supports LPR and other stuff, but we've found that this way works much better because programs see it as a local printer instead of a remote output queue.

I suppose "better" is relative, though. Our people are used to local printers, so maybe that's why this was easier for them.

Anyway, this is the printer that I test most of my PostScript code on, so I know it works :)

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