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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

1538.0. "Printing to a remote IBM environment" by MXOJCG::JGARCIA (Don't Panic) Thu Oct 01 1992 01:51

Hello,

We have a customer that works with ALL-IN-1 V2.4 in a sigle VAX-6000
alone into a big IBM environment (IBM 9121). Some of the old IBM users
will emulate a DEC terminal into the VAX system (just to use ALL-IN-1)
and they want to be able to print to the printers in the SNA network.

We are recommending some software products like Gateway Domain, 3270
application services and MEP/VT-220 to get the communication between
the 3270 terminals and the VAX.

Regarding with the printers, these software permits a remote printing
service but it doesn't supports some of the DCL PRINT command quali-
fiers like:

		/PASSALL /SETUP /SPACE /REMOTE /PAGES /FEED

The question is if the ALL-IN-1 printer formatter changes these print
attributes when submits the job to the spool printer, if this is the
case, which is the best thing to avoid it.

Thanks,
Juan Carlos
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1538.1Look at WPPSYSTEM.SCPIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4AMon Oct 05 1992 18:4232
I'm not sure what you mean by the 'ALL-IN-1 printer formatter' because
formatting and printing are separate activities, and ALL-IN-1 can support 
many formatters and many types of print devices.

The ALL-IN-1 print sub-system will invoke the correct formatter as defined
in the FORMAT master file for a document or message and any attachments.
This will create one or more listing files.  For example, if you print a
WPS-PLUS document ALL-IN-1 will call the WPS-PLUS formatter to create a
listing file.  Some formatters, such as WPS-PLUS, are able to create
listing files for different types of printers so you should ensure that the
formatters you use create files that can be printed by the printers in the
SNA network. 

After the listing files have been created ALL-IN-1 calls a print completion
script which deals with performing the appropriate operations for the type
of ALL-IN-1 Printer Destination.  For example, if the Printer destination
is a VMS Print queue the print completion script creates a VMS print job. 

One of the supplied print completion scripts is OA$DO:WPPSYSTEM.SCP, which 
is used when the printer destination is a VMS Print Queue.  This sets the 
VMS Job attributes /SPACE and /FEED to the values requested by the user.  
The /PASSALL, /SETUP, /REMOTE and /PAGES attributes are not explicity set 
so the normal defaults will be used.

If the software for communicating with the SNA network printers requires 
creating VMS Print Jobs on a VMS queue then I suggest that you create your 
own print completion script based on WPPSYSTEM so that it creates jobs with 
the required attributes.  If another mechanism is used then you can create 
a print completion script will runs the required VMS software.


Richard