Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)
2021-04-23 11:31:08 UTC
Thanks to all with suggestions for setting up print queues. I now have:
$ sh que/ful sys$print
Generic printer queue SYS$PRINT
/GENERIC=(JANDER_PRINT,LEEBIG_PRINT,MINNIM_PRINT,AAAAAA_PRINT)
/OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)
All of the execution queues are set up the same and look like this:
$ sh que /fu JANDER_PRINT
Printer queue JANDER_PRINT, idle, on JANDER::"192.168.1.21:9100",
mounted form DEFAULT
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
/PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:SM)
/SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)
Works fine for text and PostScript, but not for PDF, though PDF can be
printed from other devices. I don't know if those other devices convert
the PDF to something else behind the scenes.
Is there any chance that using TCPIP$LPD_SMB and port 631 would make
that possible?
Do I need to mess with SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$LPD]TCPIP$PRINTCAP.DAT?
Sending a PDF file via the queue above gives a message that directly
printing PDF is not supported, so the printer does recognize it as a PDF
file. It seems strange that a new printer can print PostScript but not
PDF (at least not from VMS via the queue above).
$ sh que/ful sys$print
Generic printer queue SYS$PRINT
/GENERIC=(JANDER_PRINT,LEEBIG_PRINT,MINNIM_PRINT,AAAAAA_PRINT)
/OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)
All of the execution queues are set up the same and look like this:
$ sh que /fu JANDER_PRINT
Printer queue JANDER_PRINT, idle, on JANDER::"192.168.1.21:9100",
mounted form DEFAULT
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
/PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:SM)
/SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)
Works fine for text and PostScript, but not for PDF, though PDF can be
printed from other devices. I don't know if those other devices convert
the PDF to something else behind the scenes.
Is there any chance that using TCPIP$LPD_SMB and port 631 would make
that possible?
Do I need to mess with SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$LPD]TCPIP$PRINTCAP.DAT?
Sending a PDF file via the queue above gives a message that directly
printing PDF is not supported, so the printer does recognize it as a PDF
file. It seems strange that a new printer can print PostScript but not
PDF (at least not from VMS via the queue above).