On Tuesday, 06/02/2009 at 09:35 EDT, David Boyes <[email protected]> wrote: > Set up the LPD support in RSCS (you are allowed to use the IP printing support > in RSCS without a license), install CUPS on the Linux guest, and define the > mainframe printer as a Florida Data or Dataproducts printer in CUPS. You won't > be able to do much in the way of fancy forms control, but basic printing and > "skip to next page" works beautifully. > > If you have mainframe laser printers, that's a bit more involved. There we need > to know a bit more about the capabilities of the printer and what other > software (ie, APF, etc) that you have available to you.
Just be aware that if an AFP printer is attached to PSF on, say, z/OS, rather than z/VM, then you should configure CUPS to go directly to z/OS, not via RSCS. To get printer output from RSCS to JES requires NJE, and that is definitely not free. Either way, the receiving LPD queue needs to be configured with the DEST and FORM, just as if the output were being generated on the mainframe. CUPS shouldn't care. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
