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DEFINING REAL REMOTE PRINTERS 1
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RodKnowlton
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- Apr 26, 2000
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How is he accessing the app? Web browser? Telnet? Proprietary?
What sort of printing? Simple text or PCL/Postscript?
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
What sort of printing? Simple text or PCL/Postscript?
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
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Thanks Rod, I think we should forget about the app, because it generates the printing (simple text) and then sends it to the printer via lpr. So, If I (you in fact) solve the problem:
lpr -Premoteprinter xx.txt
where "remoteprinter" is a printer at my user's place (somewhere in his network), I am done. He is accessing my AIX via internet (web browser), he´s got a VPN.
Regards,
Joaquin
lpr -Premoteprinter xx.txt
where "remoteprinter" is a printer at my user's place (somewhere in his network), I am done. He is accessing my AIX via internet (web browser), he´s got a VPN.
Regards,
Joaquin
RodKnowlton
MIS
- Apr 26, 2000
- 1,005
If his printer is running lpd and exposed to you through the VPN, you set it up just like any other remote printer.
If you can't access his printer, then one solution could be to set up a queue that uses perl and PDF::Create to generate a PDF, then provide a web page for him to pick them up.
I believe the PDF::Create package on CPAN includes a sample ascii-to-pdf script, and information on setting up queues that run commands can be found in the "qconfig File" section of the Files Reference.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
If you can't access his printer, then one solution could be to set up a queue that uses perl and PDF::Create to generate a PDF, then provide a web page for him to pick them up.
I believe the PDF::Create package on CPAN includes a sample ascii-to-pdf script, and information on setting up queues that run commands can be found in the "qconfig File" section of the Files Reference.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
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