Re: Determining client PC to print on different i5OS printers

[Loyd Goodbar <loyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nathan,

The PCs are locked down via Group Policy and are dedicated use. The  
computer automatically logs on Windows and runs IE. The front page for  
the visitor log is the home page, and initiates the log book or allows  
the visitor to scan their badge's bar code to "sign out" when their  
visit is complete.

Visitors do not "log in" and aren't asked their location.

Since the whole system is web-based, there is no user ID to associate.  
I did not see a user name in the HTTP server variables.

I'm leaning toward separate front pages that pass a cookie for the  
PC's location (lobby or shipping).

Thanks,
Loyd

On Mar 2, 2010, at 16:01, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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