Re: Host-based printing in linux
John Aldrich <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.emulators.tn5250 |
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| Organization | Blueridge Carpet |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Fri June 11 2010, Alberto wrote: > Hi John, i don't know if you have solved but let me give you some hints > about : > The much easier way for link a printer to linux is have also the Lan > interface on it. > When you're able (let's imagine that we're using Ubuntu) to add the > printer to the system , you will be more able to use it as printer on > the AS/400 with lp5250d. > > this could be a simple command line : > > lp5250d map=280 env.DEVNAME=PRTLASER env.IBMMFRTYPMDL=*HP4 > outputcommand="scs2ascii | lp -d YOURPRINTERNAME" myas400.domain > > means that you're able now to send a spool file to PRTLASER on the > Iseries and you will get the printed page on your printer. :-) > > I assure that this works, i use it every day. > Ciao. > Alberto Ernestini. > Thanks, Alberto. I will not need to print from the desktop, per se. We are a carpet manufacturer, so the users in question, will only need to print their orders for what to cut and how long to cut them. :-) That is strictly AS/400 stuff. I have a spare network print server that I can set up, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. :-) -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager -- This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: LINUX5250-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/linux5250 or email: LINUX5250-request-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.