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AS/400 Remote printer queue to Windows
Hey guys,
I need spool files to print to laserjet printers throughout our office from a AS/400. I read on the IBM website that you can send the spool files to a printer share on a Windows machine. I was wondering if it is practical to configure all of my remote printers to point to shared printers on a Windows Storage Server 2008 print server. I am finding it difficult to get the settings right to send directly to different types of printers.
The types of printers range. We have a couple big Panasonic copier printers, some HP and Kyocera laserjets, and some home office printers.
If this would be practical, are there any quickguides besides IBMs or can anyone provide some fast configuration steps to get it going?
I need spool files to print to laserjet printers throughout our office from a AS/400. I read on the IBM website that you can send the spool files to a printer share on a Windows machine. I was wondering if it is practical to configure all of my remote printers to point to shared printers on a Windows Storage Server 2008 print server. I am finding it difficult to get the settings right to send directly to different types of printers.
The types of printers range. We have a couple big Panasonic copier printers, some HP and Kyocera laserjets, and some home office printers.
If this would be practical, are there any quickguides besides IBMs or can anyone provide some fast configuration steps to get it going?
Here's IBM's detailed configuration guide for this type of connection. It explains every parameter that you need to configure, and provides links to all of the other related support documents, and shows you a completed configuration example:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas19f4b1d4d23c582f1862565c2007d4471
- Gary Patterson
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas19f4b1d4d23c582f1862565c2007d4471
- Gary Patterson
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Thank for the information guys, I agree that it's not worth it in most situations when you can just connect to the printers directly. I guess I'll just have to take the time to learn about all the configuration options
Basically, you install the Lpd service on windows (file and print services for unix windows component), and then configure a remote outq on the as400 for each printer.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzalu/rzalulprscenario.htm
Most of the remote outq settings will be the same for every printer, except the MFRTYPMDL parm, which is printer model dependent.
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/0/b44a2cf4ba778d83862568250053649f?OpenDocument
Gary Patterson