>On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:30:27 EDT Fran Hensler f...@zvm.sru.edu said: >>We have various models of Ricoh copiers around campus to which we have >>been sending print from RSCS Networking Version 3, Release 2.0-0201. >> >>Recently authorization codes were installed on some of them. Without >>the use of this code the print just goes into the bit bucket. >>So from RSCS everything looks normal but nothing prints. >> >>On the Ricoh Customer Help page http://tinyurl.com/yf2mtku >>there is a question: >> How do I add a user code when printing from a Unix command line? >>and the answer is: >> You may add a user code to a Unix print job by adding -o usercode= to the >command line. >> >> For example: >> >> lp -d restricted_printer -o usercode=12345 /etc/hosts >> >> >>My question: >> Is there any way to get RSCS to send the usercode? What PARM >>statement would I use? >>
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:42:49 -0400 Les Geer (607-429-3580) said: >Which RSCS LPR exit are you using? LPRXONE does not currently include >the -o record in the control file sent to the printer. You would need >to modify the exit to add it. Unsure if the printer would accept >a usercode via a PCL or postscript command. If so, then you could add >it via the prefix eparm. > >Best Regards, >Les Geer >IBM z/VM and Linux Development Les - I tried * usercode=34043404 in ASCII EPARM='S=N PREFIX=75736572636F653D3334303433343034' and Exit LPRXONE took it but it didn't work. I found a solution at: http://tinyurl.com/yk5vveh The Ricoh configuration can specify unrestricted users by IP address. I entered the IP address of the mainframe and I'm now able to print with RSCS LPR. Thanks to Les Geer and David Boyes for offering possible solutions. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 46 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
