Axis 5900 User Manual page 85

PROS
PROS A
Advantages
PROS A
Limitations
Note:
PROS B
Advantages
PROS B
Limitations
Reverse Telnet
Advantages:
Limitations:
Other UNIX/Linux
Systems
IBM MVS Systems
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A protocol developed at Axis. Comes in two versions;
named pipe (PROS A) and filter (PROS B).
The AXIS 5900 appears as a device to the system. This makes all filter and
model options available. It provides accounting and status logging.
Supports bi-directional printing. The printer information read back can be
viewed in a log file.
A 'C' compiler is required to build the PROS A drivers.
You can download a 'C' compiler from http://www.gnu.org/
It provides accounting and status logging. Supports bi-directional
printing. The printer information read back can be viewed in a log file.
A 'C' compiler is required to build the PROS B drivers and in the case of
BSD, it may conflict with other input or output filters. It does not allow
both input and output filters. Interface programs can not be used in
System V.
Often used for printing via a terminal server printer port. Only
recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed.
Easy to set up with previously installed Reverse Telnet drivers.
No status logging. Drivers are not supplied with the print server. Existing
drivers may be slow.
Most UNIX/Linux systems resemble either BSD or System V and so with
some ingenuity, a solution can also be devised for other variants.
If the system has BSD socket type networking support, then
the directory of the AXIS 5900) can be used as a starting point. It
bsd
receives print data from
written to .
stdout
Alternatively, FTP may be used. It is a good idea to use
as a starting point.
sysv/ftp_sysv
A sample JCL script,
jclex
server. It gives an example of how to print a file from an MVS mainframe
to an AXIS 5900 using FTP.
Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux
, and writes a log file to
stdin
, is available in the
mvs
(in
prosbsd
. Nothing is
stderr
or
bsd/ftp_bsd
directory of the print
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