Hi, Susan. Welcome to the wonderful world of z/VM and Linux as a guest.
From the error message that appears. it seems that the Linux CUPS machine is rejecting the attempt by RSCS to open a connection. You might want to check the Linux configuration files to make sure that the necessary ports are available and listening for a connection.....
However, since you're using a network attached printer, why not just have RSCS print directly to it, instead of routing the print through the Linux guest? RSCS has very robust print queue management, imho, and this will save you cycles on the host. It's easy to configure RSCS for network attached printers, see the RSCS doc for details and examples.
Good luck. DJ Susan Zimmerman wrote:
Hello VMers. We are new to both z/VM and Linux so are struggling newbies. We managed to set up a CUPS printer (HP) on a Linux guest and are able to print to it (from within Linux). We would like to be able to print z/VM files to this printer using RSCS. To our knowledge, we configured an lprp link and an lpd link (RSCS). We used YaST to 'allow' from the z/VM IP addr on EOSprinter lpr command (on z/VM) and results: lpr test test a (asyn PRINTER EOSprinter HOST linuxipaddr RDR FILE 0025 SENT FROM TCPMAINT PRT WAS 0025 RECS 0003 CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP nothing prints. lpq command (on z/VM) and results: lpq (All PRINTER EOSprinter HOST linuxipaddr Connection to linuxipaddr failed (Foreign host rejected the open attempt) lpq command (on Linux) and results: lpq EOSprinter EOSprinter is ready no entries We're mssing something...but don't know enough to even ask the right questions. TIA for any and all help. Susan
