Re: Printers with mailboxes

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

How does the I talk to the printer?

If LPR....there used to be an example of a user (Rodney Johnson w/IBM) LPR
program...

That's probably your best shot of not having to modify every program.

Charles


On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 6:32 PM Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ricoh provide printers with a mailbox function where jobs can be sent to
> the printer and stored in a users mailbox.
>
> This function requires an identifier, preferably the user ID to be sent to
> the printer.
>
> An example in a windows environment there are many @PJL SET statements sent
> to the printer when a job is sent to the printer.
>
> @PJL SET HOSTLOGINNAME = "UserName"
>
> But when i run a communications trace for a job on the IBMi there is noting
> in the trace for @PJL SET ... options
>
> The printer is configured as a LAN printer and is using the *HPPJLDRV
> System driver program.
>
> I opened a PMR with IBM and was advised there is no option to send the user
> name to the printer.
>
> I was quite surprised at this as I was sure there was a way to do this -
> actually I thought the name was sent by default.  Maybe my memory is
> failing me ... again.
>
> Just hoping someone may have come across this and has a solution ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Don Brown
>
>
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