pjd@eagle.inesc.pt (Paulo Jorge Delgado) (06/07/91)
Hello net: I am installing an AS/400 on a TCPIP network, but it seems that the IBM AS/400 TCPIP implementation does not support remote printing. I would like to be able to direct an AS/400 output queue to an Novell 3.11 printer or an Unix printer. IBM will sell me another solution - PC-Support - but I would like very much to stick to TCPIP. So, any sugestions? Are there any non-IBM TCPIP solutions for the AS/400? Yes I have heard about Mitek and I've requested some info from them, but are there others? Is there any product I can get to add remote printing to the IBM TCPIP? Thanks in advance. -- Paulo Jorge Delgado INESC, Lisboa, Portugal Email: pjd@eniac.inesc.pt
jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer) (06/07/91)
In article <1991Jun7.105906.75@eagle.inesc.pt> pjd@eagle.inesc.pt (Paulo Jorge Delgado) writes: >I am installing an AS/400 on a TCPIP network, but it seems that the IBM AS/400 >TCPIP implementation does not support remote printing. I would like to be able >to direct an AS/400 output queue to an Novell 3.11 printer or an Unix printer. >IBM will sell me another solution - PC-Support - but I would like very much >to stick to TCPIP. So, any sugestions? Are there any non-IBM TCPIP solutions >for the AS/400? Yes I have heard about Mitek and I've requested some info >from them, but are there others? Is there any product I can get to add remote >printing to the IBM TCPIP? we are about to do the same kind of connection. my thoughts on this would be to have the 400 put the print job into a file, ftp the file to the novell pc or unix box. on the novell pc or unix box, have a program which scans the directory for new files and submit them to the local print facility. we are looking at getting a 50 ppm ion printer, it uses this scheme for print queuing. BTW: if you need info on how to ftp to your pre-3.11 novell networks, look into the PCIP, NCSA Telnet, CUTCP, KA9Q type PC <-> TCP/IP programs. (see comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc or something like that) these are freely available, with source in most cases. a commercial alternative would be FTP Inc.'s PCTCP package. -- [ Jim Mercer jim@lsuc.On.Ca || ...!uunet!attcan!lsuc!jim +1 416 947-5258 ] [ Educational Systems Manager - Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, CANADA ] [ Standards are great. They give non-conformists something to not conform to. ] [ The opinions expressed here may or may not be those of my employer ]