Axis 5400+ User Manual page 80

Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux
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 5400+/AXIS 5600+ 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 5400+/AXIS 5600+) can be used as a
bsd
starting point. It receives print data from
. Nothing is written to
stderr
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 5400+/AXIS 5600+ using FTP.
, and writes a log file to
stdin
.
stdout
, is available in the
mvs
AXIS 5400+ / AXIS 5600+ User's Manual
(in
prosbsd
or
bsd/ftp_bsd
directory of the print