RE: VPN and Client Access Printer Sessions

I don't believe what you want is possible.

AFAIK, Client Access doesn't support *IPDS printers at all.  Printers attached 
to PCs are by definition ASCII printers.  You'll not using the *IPDS chip 
inside the printer at all.  

The reason *AFPDS printing works is that Host Print Transform (HPT) can convert 
*AFPDS to ASCII to print to an ASCII printer.

Take a look at the DEVD on the iSeries.  If you don't have TYPE(*IPDS), then 
the iSeries doesn't see the printer as *IPDS.

What type of printer are we talking about?  How is it connected to the PC?

It would seem to me that you should be able to connect the printer directly to 
the network and skip going through client access at all.


HTH,

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Malchow, Grizzly
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 12:56 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: VPN and Client Access Printer Sessions
> 
> 
> I was told it is not possible to create a Client Access 5250 printer
> session connected through a VPN for a printer that supports *IPDS data
> streams? Can anyone confirm or deny that? 
> 
> We currently have an *IPDS capable printer (it has an IPDS 
> card) that is
> connected via a 5250 printer session. In order for the printer to
> connect the remote user must first VPN into our network and then start
> up the printer session. I noticed that *AFPDS print on it ok, but when
> the spool file being sent to it is *IPDS we get errors stating the
> attributes are not supported for the device. 
> 
> Thanks.
> Griz
> 
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