Thanks all of you for the replies, i'll try the methods written in this thread. I think the info i gained from this thread is enough to start. If something fails later on, i'll continue the thread.
Best regards Romanowski, John (OFT) wrote:
Koray, (sorry for delay in replying, I got unsubscribed from the list) you said "we will use install Z/linux on Z/VM (not LPAR) and we have 2 printers, IBM 4248 and IBM 3230. So which method can i use in this thread?" Not sure from your post your exact printing needs. For simple listings you could try the vmur print command to print a linux file or stdout to your 4248 or 3230. Example: Assuming your z/VM's 4248 is printing class A spool files (on z/VM see HELP CP START) and your linux is SLES 10 or 11, on a virtual machine with a default virtual printer at 0.0.000e, then on linux try modprobe vmur #if lsmod didn't list vmur chccwdev -e 0.0.000e #make sure your 000e printer's enabled vmur print -t -N a8chrnam my.logfile Printer file with spoolid 0013 created. or, cat my.logfile | vmur -t -N a8chrnam Printer file with spoolid 0014 created. Your class A printer spool file hopefully gets queued and printed on your 4248. If not then from z/VM as privileged userids OPERATOR or MAINT do CP Q PRT SYSTEM ALL and look for your print file in the list. Do CP Q UR to see if your 4248 is started and accepting class A spool files regards, johnRe: line printer question koray Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:34:25 -0700 I forgot to say that im not a mainframe guy. So some of the things written in this thread are difficult to understand for me. As a summary, we will use install Z/linux on Z/VM (not LPAR) and we have 2 printers, IBM 4248 and IBM 3230. So which method can i use in this thread? Thanks all of you and regards. Romanowski, John (OFT) wrote: SLES has the 'vmur' (VM unit record) device driver. Using the vmur command your linux guest can write files to the VM line printer same as any CMS guest could.-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Koray Kusat Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: line printer question Hello all, I'm looking for any information of using Mainframe line printer with SuSe Z/linux. I wonder will i be able to use the printer with any kind of driver comes with SuSe or is there any other way to use this device. RegardsThis e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system.
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