From - Fri Oct 24 07:18:00 1997 Path: news.mitre.org!blanket.mitre.org!agate!newsgate.duke.edu!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news-peer-east.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!atl.bellsouth.net!not-for-mail From: Steve Reiner Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Open VMS Print/Queue to TCP/IP printer Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 16:06:13 -0400 Organization: AK Steel Corporation Lines: 45 Message-ID: <344FAE35.53C5@bellsouth.net> References: <3446C8DB.7DB5@rit.edu> <62g05q$bpi@usenet.pa.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host-207-53-1-67.atl.bellsouth.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) CC: jennvc@rit.edu Stephen Hoff Hoffman wrote: > > In article <3446C8DB.7DB5@rit.edu>, "Jean-Guy E. Naud" writes: > :Is it possible to set an Open VMS Print/Queue to a printer over > :Ethernet using TCP/IP? If yes, is there a "secret" way to do it? > :I would like to assist our IS staff in solving this problem. > > DIGITAL TCP/IP Services (UCX) supports access via telnet and lpr/lpd. > Certain printers, such as DIGITAL and third-party Postscript printers, > require the DCPS software, which is supported via Ethernet to DIGITAL > PrintServers, over serial line connections to DIGITAL and third-party > printers, and via protocols such as LAT to DIGITAL and third-party > printers. And various third-party printer NICs include support for > the LAT protocol. > The following may not have all the bells and whistles that DCPS may offer, but I can attest that it does work. The HP printer is intelligent enough to recognize the file type (postscript vs text), and prints both very nicely from the same queue. We have created another que pointed to the same printer for users that want to adjust portrait vs landscape on text printouts. We are using DEC TCP/IP services. $!---------------------------------------------------------- $! IP printer AKCGLP LaserJet 5siMX $!---------------------------------------------------------- $! $ q_qual = "/default=(noburst,noflag,notrailer)" + - "/device=server /noenable /processor=ucx$telnetsym" + - "/record_blocking /retain=error /schedule=nosize" + - "/noseparate /start /no_initial_ff" $! $ init /queue /on="97.7.25.90:9100" 'q_qual' AKCGLP_POST --------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Reiner c/o Siemens Energy & Automation Project Engineer 100 Technology Drive AK Steel Corporation Alpharetta, GA 30202 6500 North US Highway 231 Rockport, IN 47635 phone: 770-740-3870 mailto:sreiner@bellsouth.net fax: 770-740-3892