iSeries print queues

[justayellowbadge]

Anyone know anything about setting up a remote print queue writing to a Microsoft Print server setup?
I thought I had everything configured, but I can't seem to get any prints, and it is starting to drive me slighlty nuts..

[plotloss]

Yep, what is your question?

Basically you create a print queue on the iSeries (crtoutq) and set the RMTLOC parameter to be the IP address of the NT machine...

[justayellowbadge]

Have set the OUTQ as follows:

RMTSYS - *intnetadr - INTNETADR is correct
RMTPRTQ - name of writer as defined within clients network. (I can ping this, and the server)
CNNTYPE - *IP
DESTTYPE - *other

Most other parms set as for a standard IP printer.
Printing in this case to a Canon IR3100 CN multi format thingy (Set MFRTYPMDL to *HP4).

I'm getting nowhere fast though....any thoughts - I shall owe you beer!

[plotloss]

The RMTOUTQ should be the name of the input queue on the NT server, yes?

Not saying its not, just for clarificaiton.

[justayellowbadge]

Yep, they match. Have in fact tried both the printer name itself (eg X99999) and the full name (eg x9999.client.net) and neither work.
I've just tried an LPR and that times out so I'm thinking it may be a comms issue, though, as I say, I can ping the server and the printer. Aaarrgghhh...

[plotloss]

Can you pipe a text file to the port on the print server?

more text.txt | \printserver\lpt1:

Type thing?

That would eliminate it being a 400 issue...

>> Edited by plotloss on Friday 3rd September 11:10

[justayellowbadge]

plotloss said:

Can you pipe a text file to the port on the print server? more text.txt | printserverlpt1: Type thing? That would eliminate it being a 400 issue...

Sorry, kinda lost me there! (I'm an RPG developer that has inherited some Ops duties so please treat me like the moron I seem to be convincing myself I am..)

[plotloss]

RPG eh?

Blimey, thats 3 of us now then...

Though I can only read it, not write it, I am a Synon/2E and Obsydian/Plex user.

I dont know the exact syntax but you can output a text file through dos.

I'll have a poke, in the mean time is there anyone out there who knows the syntax?

[justayellowbadge]

Thanks for your suggestions Plotloss.
Turns out my queues were set up perfectly. Despite numerous protestations to the contrary the clients' network guys had not granted the iseries access through the firewall to the print server. I believe 'Doh!' would be appropriate
All done now, everybody's happy.
Again, many thanks.

[plotloss]

Cool, glad you got it working.