Re: OVRPRTF to PC connected printer not working

Quoting Dick Superneau <DSuperneau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

date: Mon, 21 May 2007 11:01:31 -0500
from: jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: OVRPRTF to PC connected printer not working.

Quoting Dick Superneau <DSuperneau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I have a printer attached to a PC on the network. The printer is the
default printer for the PC and has a Client Access printer emulation
session defined. I am trying to send a report to the printer from

our

iSeries 520 at V5R4 (the box is just another node on the network). I

am

trying to OVRPRTF the report and change the CPI and page rotation
characteristics of the report. If I do the override and send the

report

to a network printer, it works just fine. When I try to do it to the

PC

printer, the report prints consistently in the CA defined format and
does not appear to be affected by any overrides. Is it possible to

send

a spool file to a printer in this case?

I have an outqueue and writer defined for this printer. I have also
specified this writer as the default PRTDEV for the user.

I have not been able to find any information on printing to a printer
that is not network defined and is local to the computer it is

connected

to. Any direction that someone can provide will be appreciated.


Richard Superneau

Programmer/Analyst

Davis Transport

Phone: 406-728-5510

Fax: 406-728-5877

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Could you install the optional TCP LPR component onto the pc? Then, a
remote
outq could be used and CA would not be needed to print.

John McKee

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When I looked up the process of setting up an LPR printer, it appears
that the printer needs the IP address of a server which provides the
printer daemon. Is this the network server? And the port name - can
this be the outqueue name? And this will work without a network card in
the printer?

Thanks, Dick

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Printer is attached to the pc. Configure the printer as usual for a pc. But,
allow it to be shared. The share name can be whatever you want.

Then, on that same pc, install the optional LPD (my mistake, not LPR) component.
Been a while since I have done this. When a print file is sent to the IP of
the pc, and sent to the share name, it will print. On the AS/400 (or whatever
it is called), set up remote outq to the pc IP address, use the share name for
output queue.

John McKee