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PROS B PROS B - Advantages:
It provides accounting and status logging. Supports bi-
directional printing. The printer information read back can be
viewed in a log file.
PROS B - Limitations:
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.
Reverse Telnet Often used for printing via a terminal server printer port. Only
recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver
installed.
Advantages:
Easy to set up with previously installed Reverse Telnet drivers.
Limitations:
No status logging. Drivers are not supplied with the AXIS 5900.
Existing drivers may be slow.
Other UNIX Systems Most UNIX 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
prosbsd (in the bsd directory of the AXIS 5900) can be used as a
starting point. It receives print data from
stdin, and writes a log
file to
stderr. Nothing is written to stdout.
Alternatively, FTP may be used. It is a good idea to use
bsd/ftp_bsd or sysv/ftp_sysv as a starting point.
IBM MVS Systems A sample JCL script, jclex, is available in the mvs directory of
the AXIS 5900. It gives an example of how to print a file from
an MVS mainframe to an AXIS 5900 using FTP.
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