PSF/AIX: Linking a Windows 95/NT queue with a PSF/AIX queue

ITEM: RTA000153632



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Printer Systems (PRINT - NA/ATS)                                                
 PSF/AIX                                                                        
                                                                                
I have a RS/6000 with PSF/AIX 2.1 and a IPDS queue defined in it. I want        
to define a queue in Windows NT or Windows 95 and create a link between         
both queues, I mean the Windows queue pointing to the RS queue, in order        
to submit a job in Windows and requeue it in the RS without                     
intervention.                                                                   
                                                                                
Is it possible?                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
A:                                                                             
For how to set this up for Windows 95, please review libraried item             
RTA000151106.  It may not look like it from the title (which I should           
probably change), but it discusses how to download a free Windows               
LPR client from the IBM Printing Systems Company web site and how to            
install and configure it to print to a PSF/AIX queue without manual             
intervention.                                                                   
                                                                                
Windows NT already has an LPR client built-in, so you would just need           
to set up a remote printer that uses that LPR client.  I'm sorry, but           
I don't have detailed instructions on how to do that (no NT machine).           
I would assume that their Windows NT administrators would know how to           
configure a remote print client; however, if they do not, then please           
reopen, and I'll ask one my colleagues with access to an NT machine to          
provide additional details.                                                     
                                                                               
Please also review libraried item RTA000152199 that discusses an APAR           
for AIX V4 that will be required, as well as other actions that must            
be taken on the AIX server to enable printing from remote clients.              
                                                                                
Note that you cannot pass AFP parameters to PSF/AIX from either a               
Windows 95 or Windows NT client using LPR.  There is more capability            
in the clients for those platforms for InfoPrint Manager for AIX 3.1.           
                                                                                
Q:                                                                              
Thanks.  I have already the LPR in my windows client, but when I                
try to define the queue in windows, pointing to the queue in the RS/6000        
the windows starts to look for it and display a message that says               
"destination host or queue unreachable"; but I know that the                    
communication between both machines is well, I tested this with ping and        
telnet. I think I have to do something else in the RS/6000 like you said       
but I don't know what, maybe it's necessary to start some printing              
service and then the clients could see the remote queue.                        
Do you have this procedure??                                                    
                                                                                
Thanks for your help.                                                           
                                                                                
A:                                                                              
Two things have to be configured on the RS/6000.                                
                                                                                
1)  The remote client must be granted access to the AIX lpd, and                
                                                                                
2)  The AIX lpd daemon must be started.                                         
                                                                                
There are two libraried items that contain information on how to check          
these.  RTA000136017 describes the use of smit panels to configure             
these items, and RTA000148859 describes the use of the command line.            
                                                                                
3)  If you are still unable to print, there may be DNS or router                
    problems.  From the RS/6000, issue the following commands and               
    ensure that they return the same information:                               
                                                                                
       host                                                    
       host                                                      
                                                                                
    The fully qualified hostname should be used as the entry in                 
    /etc/hosts.lpd.  If you're not using DNS, you must also have                
    an entry for the client in your /etc/hosts file.                            
                                                                                
If you configure these items on the RS/6000 and are still unable to             
print, then you will need to run an iptrace to see what is occurring           
between the two systems.  You can find a description of how to run an           
iptrace at http://tesch.aix.dfw.ibm.com/printips/iptrace.html (an IBM           
internal system behind the firewall, and thus not accessible to                 
customers).  Libraried item RTA000099378 also describes how to set up           
and run an iptrace.                                                             
                                                                                
Hopefully the two configuration steps that I listed above will help             
you resolve the problem.  If not, please run the iptrace.   If you              
need help interpreting it, please let me know.                                  
                                                                                
| Note: This information is also true for Infoprint Manager.                    
                                                                                
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:                                                  
psf/6000 psf/aix infoprint windows 95 NT win95 winnt link                       
remote client automatic 0781-202 line printer access host                      


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Dated: 11/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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