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From: jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer)
Subject: Re: AS/400 TCPIP
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1991 15:43:24 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.154324.18398@lsuc.on.ca>
Keywords: AS/400 TCPIP printing
References: <1991Jun7.105906.75@eagle.inesc.pt>

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.
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