Chapter
20. AS/400-to-NetWare Printing
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When you have Enhanced Integration for NetWare installed, you can print
from AS/400 to a NetWare printer that uses the standard NetWare print support
and an AS/400 remote output queue and remote writer.
NetWare uses a print queue, a print server, and a printer to allow workstations
to print to a network printer. The print queue is the object that
temporarily holds the print job file until the job is printed. The print
server provides the service of sending the print job to the printer.
The print server monitors the print queue and the printer.
To set up NetWare print support, see "NetWare
Printing".
You cannot print from a NetWare server to an AS/400 printer. However,
there are other facilities to provide this support, such as HostPrint/400.
Figure 20-1 illustrates AS/400-to-NetWare remote
system by printing when Enhanced Integration for NetWare is installed.
The NetWare server must have NetWare 3.12 or 4.1 installed.
Figure 20-1. AS/400-to-NetWare Printing Environment
In this environment, an AS/400 user ((1)) requests print
services
from the NetWare server. Note that the NetWare server can either be on
the Integrated PC Server or a PC. The print job file is sent to the AS/400
remote output queue ((2)). The Remote Writer for that output queue
then sends data to the NetWare print queue ((3)). The NetWare server
acts as the print server and monitors the print queue as well as the printer.
When the printer can process the job, the server sends the print job to
the assigned printer ((4)).
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As each user's spool job is processed on the output queue, AS/400 authenticates
a connection for the user to the appropriate server. Each user must either
have a NetWare authentication entry (see Chapter
16. "NetWare Authentication Entries and Connections") or use the STRNTWCNN
command to start a NetWare connection manually. The easiest way to set
this up for your users is with user enrollment (see Chapter
21. "Managing User Enrollment"). You can automatically set up your
AS/400 users in the NDS tree or 3.12 server where the print queue object
is.
Ideally, each user has an authentication entry authorizing them
to the specified NetWare print queue. If users don't have an authentication
entry, they must specify AUTJOB(*ANY) on the STRNTWCNN command
when they start a connection to NetWare. The writer job uses that connection
to print the file on NetWare.
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To print from an AS/400 system to a NetWare printer:
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Create an output queue on the AS/400 by entering the Create Output Queue
(CRTOUTQ) command.
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When the Create Output Queue (CRTOUTQ) display appears, press prompt (F4)
and then change the values that areshown in bold in Figure
20-2.
Figure 20-2. CRTOUTQ Display, Part 1
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| Create Output Queue (CRTOUTQ) |
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| Type choices, press Enter. |
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| Output queue . . . . . . . . . . > MYPRINTQ Name |
| Library . . . . . . . . . . . > *CURLIB Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB |
| Maximum spooled file size: |
| Number of pages . . . . . . . *NONE Number, *SAME, *NONE |
| Starting time . . . . . . . . Time |
| Ending time . . . . . . . . . Time |
| + for more values |
| Order of files on queue . . . . *FIFO *SAME, *JOBNBR, *FIFO |
| Remote system . . . . . . . . .> |
|IBM_TREE1 |
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| Remote printer queue . . . . . . .PUBS_QUEUE.RCHASM.IBMROCH |
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| More... |
| F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F10=Additional parameters F12=Cancel |
| F13=How to use this display F24=More keys |
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Make sure the Remote printer queue matches the NetWare Print Queue
Name.
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For DESTTYPE(*NETWARE3), use the name of the server for the RMTSYS parameter
value and the name of the NetWare print queue for the (RMTPRTQ) parameter
value.
For DESTTYPE(*NDS), you can use either the name of the tree or the
special value *NWSA for the RMTSYS parameter value. If you use
*NWSA, the tree name is from DSPNWSA OPTION(*NETWARE). The RMTPRTQ
value can be a distinguished name that begins with a period. If the name
does not begin with a period, the name is a partial name and is used in
conjunction with the NDS context specified in the system network server
attributes (DSPNWSA) to form the distinguished name of the NetWare print
queue.
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Press PgDn to display the next page, as shown in Figure
20-3.
Figure 20-3. CRTOUTQ Display, Part 2
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| Create Output Queue (CRTOUTQ) |
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| Type choices, press Enter. |
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| Writers to autostart . . . . . . *SAME 1-10, *SAME, *NONE |
| Queue for writer messages . . . *SAME Name, *SAME |
| Library . . . . . . . . . . . Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB |
| Connection type . . . . . . . .> *IPX *SAME, *SNA, *IP, *IPX... |
| Destination type . . . . . . . .> *NDS *SAME, *OS400, *OS400V2 |
| Host print transform . . . . . . *SAME *SAME, *YES, *NO |
| Manufacturer type and model . .> *IBM4039HP |
| Workstation customizing object *SAME Name, *SAME, *NONE |
| Library . . . . . . . . . . . Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB |
| Destination options . . . . . . *SAME |
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| User defined option . . . . . . *SAME Option, *SAME, *NONE |
| + for more values |
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| More... |
| F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F10=Additional parameters F12=Cancel |
| F13=How to use this display F24=More keys |
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Change the Manufacturer type and model to match your printer.
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You might want to select one of the following destination options:
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*NOWAIT
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The spool file is removed from the AS/400 output queue as soon as the entire
file is sent to the NetWare queue. If you do not select this option, the
spool file remains in the AS/400 output queue until the file is removed
from the NetWare queue, which occurs either when the file is printed or
when a NetWare utility is used to delete it.
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The owner of the spooled file must be enrolled as a NetWare user.
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*BANNER='text'
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Specify up to 12 characters that you want to print on a NetWare banner
page. The banner page, which precedes the NetWare print job, also prints
the User name.
Note: |
You must type *BANNER in uppercase
letters, enclose the text in single quotes, and make sure there are no
spaces before or after the equal sign. |
The remote output queue, MYPRINTQ, is created.
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When you create a remote output queue, writers are automatically started
to it if the AUTOSTRWTR parameter value is other than *NONE.
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To begin sending spooled output files from the MYPRINTQ remote output queue,
enter the Start Remote Writer (STRRMTWTR) command.
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When the Start Remote Writer (STRRMTWTR) display appears, press prompt
(F4) and then change the values that are shown in bold in Figure
20-4.
Figure 20-4. STRRMTWTR Display
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| Start Remote Writer (STRRMTWTR) |
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| Type choices, press Enter. |
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| Output queue . . . . . . . . . . MYPRINTQ Name, *ALL |
| Library . . . . . . . . . . . *CURLIB Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB |
| Queue for writer messages . . . *OUTQ Name, *OUTQ, *REQUESTER |
| Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB |
| Form type options: |
| Form type . . . . . . . . . . *ALL Form type, *ALL, *STD, *FORMS |
| Message option . . . . . . . . *NOMSG *NOMSG, *INQMSG, *MSG... |
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| Bottom |
| F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F10=Additional parameters F12=Cancel |
| F13=How to use this display F24=More keys |
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AS/400 sends spooled output files to the remote printer queue, MYPRINTQ,
on the NetWare network.
The NetWare server receives the spooled files in a print queue. Refer
to the NetWare documentation for information on how to print jobs from
NetWare print queues.
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