I found out some more about this from the network people. Apparently, the lus names defined to listen in on a particular port can be defined to TN3270 and then to VTAM as applids, with the appropriate logmode specified for printers. But only 3287 printers are supported directly by TN3270. Code would have to be written to support printer types other then 3287; hence the need for products such as VPS/IP.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CICS IP printer It is my understanding that the question refers to CICS attached printers, so printing doesn't go to spool but CICS consider the printer as a type-3 terminal and "SEND" a map(s) to the printer. I believe that if the SNA address is defined in SNA server / M$ HIS, the address can be routed to a network printer (after converting ebcdic to ascii, etc.) ITschak On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Barkow, Eileen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Re your comments on cics ip printers: > > CICS requires a VTAM netname - how do you define the printer to VTAM using > just the ip address? > Isn't there some special facilities needed to be setup in VTAM in order to > do this? > > > "Another alternative would be to define the IP printer to your PC as one of > the printers available to it. Then you would define your IP address in the > TN3270 Telnet Server with a printer session. So now when you sign onto CICS > with some 3270 emulator, you will have a terminal and printer session. Now > in CICS you need to update it with an appropriately defined terminal and > printer. If it all matches, you are running something like Attachmate, HOD, > PCOM, BlueZone, etc on the PC the print comes back to your PC and off it > goes to Windows Print Services and then off to the IP printer in your > network" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jim Marshall > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 4:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CICS IP printer > > >hi , > >is there anyone knows a good and non-expensive way to define cics an IP > >printer. > You say an "IP Printer". This would imply you have some product which can > print from the JES2 Spool to the IP printer (maybe). If you do, then the > trick is > to get the CICS print onto the JES2 Spool. You can look at a number of > products LRS's DRS, MacKinney has one too, etc, which is a started task > which went the CICS application issues a VTAM ACQUIRE, it responds just > like > a printer, CICS App writes to the printer and the product talks like a > printer > putting the output onto the spool with some DEST= value. > > Another alternative would be to define the IP printer to your PC as one of > the > printers available to it. Then you would define your IP address in the > TN3270 > Telnet Server with a printer session. So now when you sign onto CICS with > some 3270 emulator, you will have a terminal and printer session. Now in > CICS > you need to update it with an appropriately defined terminal and printer. > If it > all matches, you are running something like Attachmate, HOD, PCOM, > BlueZone, etc on the PC the print comes back to your PC and off it goes to > Windows Print Services and then off to the IP printer in your network. > > There are many ways to couch this capability and just depends on what you > already have. If you have nothing then, I would like at the MacKinney > products and it may become clear how it could be engineered. If you want to > chat offlist, let me know. > > jim > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
