Re: LPD relay to a LAT queue? Possible?

JF Mezei wrote:
"BRANDON, JOHN M" wrote:

Is it possible to configure LPD to serve a LAT print queue?

YEP.

LPD doesn't really care what type of queue it is. You configure it with
MC TCPIP$LPRSETUP and configure a local printer.

Then, that printer name is available when you print from a remote
location. the LPD server receives the file from the remote machine,
stored it in the spool directory and then queues it to print on the
specified VMS queue. From then on, it appears to VMS as a locally
submitted print job.

(this is with TCPIP services 5.3). The management manual has a very
good description.


Here is my configuration file. The service is called LASER_PS, and the
VMS print queue is LASER_PS (a generaic print queue pointing to LASER1
which is a DCPS served queue, but none of that is necessary here since
the LPD server on VMS simply does a SUBMIT/PRINT to the specified queue.
There are logicals you can set to affect the processing (for instance,
creatinga stream temporary file and using /PASSALL in the submit/print command.

$ type [sys0.tcpip$lpd]TCPIP$PRINTCAP.DAT
#
# LOCAL PRINTERS
#
TCPIP$LPD_QUEUE:\
:lp=TCPIP$LPD_QUEUE:\
:sd=TCPIP$LPD_SPOOL:
LASER_PS|laser_ps|LASER_PS:\
:lf=/SYS$SPECIFIC/TCPIP$LPD/LASER_PS.LOG:\
:lp=LASER_PS:\
:sd=/SYS$SPECIFIC/TCPIP$LPD/LASER_PS:\
:pa:
#
$


(the above was created by the TCPIP$LPRSETUP utility.

Thanks for the information - will try it as soon as I get my IP stack issues
resolved (had to dust off an old VAX for this stuff...)



John "REBOOT" Brandon
VMS Systems Administrator
firstname.lastname.spam.me.not@xxxxxxxxxxx
.

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