Loyd,
If user's IP address is not an option, then all I can think of is prompting the user for input. If not prompting for the printer directly, then maybe cross-referencing from User ID, or perhaps when they select a navigational link. In our portal, a user may select a "work area" which could cross-reference to a "printer", for example.
-Nathan.
----- Original Message ----
From: Loyd Goodbar <loyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, March 2, 2010 2:23:03 PM
Subject: [WEB400] Determining client PC to print on different i5OS printers
Keeping as much programming the same as possible, what are some ways to
denote a location between two PCs running the same web page? What I need is
to know which PC is accessing the web pages so I print labels to the
appropriate printer.
We have a visitor sign in/out lobby kiosk running from a dedicated PC and an
i5/OS-connected label printer (Intermec). The PC connected to our iSeries
via web pages made with RPG and CGIDEV2. During the sign in process, guest
names are written to a file, which is directed to TL Ashford to print the
labels.
We need to implement a second kiosk in our shipping department at the
opposite end of the building. We need to print to a different label printer.
TL Ashford allows us to set the output queue when printing. We will have a
separate PC and label printer in the new area.
Using my PC, I checked the i5 HTTP server variables for clues. (A sample
program is at
http://www.easy400.net/cgidev2p/dspsrc.pgm?cgiinp01=cgidev2&cgiinp02=qrpglesrc&cgiinp03=envvar
.) While
REMOTE_ADDR is populated (IP address), REMOTE_HOST is not. I do not want to
go by IP address since it's dynamically assigned, and not sure how much
effort it would be to get our admins to make it static. I could make
separate start pages such as startlobby.pgm and startship.pgm, set cookies
and read them on subsequent pages.
Any suggestions welcome!
Thanks,
Loyd
midrange.com
