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TCP/IP (UCX) lpr/lpd -l (passall) printing?

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The Question is:

 
Raw LPD print from VMS to NT
 
I need a way to instruct the UCX$LPD_SMB
process to send an '-l' command to the NT lpr print service, in order to get
the print passed directly trough to the printer without formatting (The NT
service defaults to the '-f' option, and that can not be changed due to
other systems).
 
System information:
  DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V4.2
  on a AlphaServer 8200 Model 5/625 running OpenVMS V7.1-1H1
 
Regards
 
Flemming Skjoldborg
System manager
Tele Danmark
Denmark
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  As a first step, try using PRINT/PASSALL to print the job.
 
  As another option, you could create an extra queue to make your job
  an "inbound" job before it becomes an "outbound" job -- inbound jobs
  support the "pa" option via printcap.  To do this:
 
  1. Create a LPDremote queue pointing to the printer. Call it Z_'queue',
     to make it show up last when looking at a list of all of the queues.
 
  2. Create a LPDlocal queue pointing to the newly created queue.  Don't
     forget to change "lp" to Z_'que'.  Add "pa" and "fm" to this queue,
     via the printcap.
 
  3. Create a LPDremote that will be used by the users. This queue should
     have rm='localhost' and rp='LPDlocal'
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 19-OCT-1998 )
     
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