Q:
ABSTRACT: OS/2 applications printing to PSF/AIX controlled
printers
SEARCH ARG: psf/6000 os/2
TOPIC THREAD: PRINT
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PSF6000
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A customer has PSF/AIX installed, they print to (2) 3935 printers.
Their environment is a SP2 and 990 RISC processors with a token-ring
environment running OS/2 applications. The customer has a number
of OS/2 applications which print 100 page reports, and the current
network printers cannot get the reports out quickly enough.
With these OS/2 applications, how can I route the print to the RISC
environment and print via PSF/AIX to the 3935s. If we can do this
cleanly with a point at a print device and jobs print, I can offload
the applications to the 3935 and install a 3160.
A:
Can you tell me more about how the systems are networked together?
What LAN operating system (e.g., Novell, LAN Server, etc.)? Do the
OS/2 workstations have TCP/IP on them? If you can provide additional
information on their configuration and how the OS/2 systems and the
RS/6000 are networked together, that would really help.
Closing for now, but awaiting your answer.
Q:
The customer uses IBM LAN SERVER and TCP/IP to connect these systems
together. They need to be able to print from AMIPRO, LOTUS 123, .cc
mail and other OS/2 applications.
The RISC systems have some applications running which direct print to
the 3935s installed, also they direct print to HP's and other ticket
printers. OS/2 prints directly across the LAN Server to desktop printers
some of the applications have grown and print requirements are 100 page
reports, so they'd like to direct this print to the 3935s across the
network and let PSF/AIX handle it.
A:
1) The RS/6000s on the network will use normal remote print queuing to
route output to a PSF/AIX print queue across the network. We can also
provide sample C code for a "lprafp" command that will allow them to
directly address a particular server and print queue AND pass parameters
to PSF/AIX (such as datatype or formdef).
2) If the OS/2 workstations each have TCP/IP for OS/2 installed, then
they can use the LPRPORTD or LPRMON capabilities of TCP/IP for OS/2 to
redirect print to a remote PSF/AIX queue. They would not be able to
pass parameters to PSF/AIX using this method, so they might need
to set up multiple print queues with different defaults.
3) If the OS/2 workstations do not have TCP/IP for OS/2 but instead rely
on LAN Server, then you may consider the licensed program product, AIX
Connections. When installed on an RS/6000, this product allows LAN
Server, NetWare, and AppleTalk clients to access AIX shared resources
such as filesystems or printers. You would have to review the customer's
printing requirements to see if multiple queues would be required since
you cannot pass parameters to PSF/6000 using this method.
(Note that while AIX Connections can work with PSF/AIX printers, it
does not support logical printers defined to PSM or InfoPrint Manager,
since neither PSM nor InfoPrint Manager use the AIX spooling subsystem.)
Novell with FLeX/IP would be another option, but since they don't have
Novell, that's out.
If you are interested, please reopen this item and I'll send you a
document on PSF/AIX and the SP.
I hope this helps. Closing.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
psf/aix psf/6000 psf aix connections os/2 lprmon lprportd novell
netware aconn appletalk infoprint manager ipmgr lprafp remote print
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Dated: 11/1998 Category: XPSF6000
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