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From: Steve Reiner <sreiner@bellsouth.net>
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
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Stephen Hoff Hoffman wrote:
>
> In article <3446C8DB.7DB5@rit.edu>, "Jean-Guy E. Naud" <jennvc@rit.edu> 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
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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