[Info-vax] DCPS V2.7 and Brother printers

Stephen Hoffman seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid
Mon Mar 25 11:22:16 EDT 2019


On 2019-03-25 15:14:44 +0000, Dave Froble said:

> On 3/25/2019 10:31 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2019-03-24 18:46:38 +0000, Dave Froble said:
>> 
>>> I've got a Brother MFC 7820N which works well with my VMS systems, and
>>> others.  But I'm not using DCPS.
>>> 
>>> $ Init  /queue -
>>> /start -
>>> /noblock -
>>> /schedule=nosize -
>>> /protection=(W:WE) -
>>> /default=(noburst,nofeed,noflag,notrailer,form=DFE) -
>>> /no_initial_ff -
>>> /processor=TCPIP$TELNETSYM -
>>> /on="BROTHER_IP:9100" -
>>> LASER
>>> 
>>> That mentioned, it's been so long since I set any of this up that I
>>> don't remember where the "BROTHER_IP:9100" comes from ...
>> 
>> That's telnet printing onto the printer raw port; onto the PDL or PCL or
>> TCP port 9100 port.  A little unusual, but the Brother is clearly
>> dealing.  I'd tend to expect TCP 23, or LPR into LPD on TCP 515, but
>> this works.
> 
> Thought about this a bit more.  All my printing from VMS is strictly 
> text.  Probably makes a bit of a difference.
> 
> 9000, 9100, and such are, by habit, port numbers I usually select, so I 
> guess that part came from me.  It's the name that I didn't find in any 
> COM files when I looked.
> 
>> https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02480766
>> 
>> Port Scanning host: {Brother MFC}
>> 
>> Open TCP Port:     21             ftp
>> Open TCP Port:     23             telnet
>> Open TCP Port:     25             smtp
>> Open TCP Port:     80             http
>> Open TCP Port:     515            printer
>> Open TCP Port:     631            ipp
>> Open TCP Port:     9100           hp-pdl-datastr
>> Port Scan has completed…
>> 
>> The whole of OpenVMS printing is archaic.
> 
> So is the wheel ....
> 
> For both of them, "it just works" ....
> 
>>> As for Paul, leave him alone.  The TCP/IP is much more important.
>> 
>> The addition of IPP support with VSI IP MultiNet support will definitely
>> be beneficial for printing.
>> 
>> MultiNet also has support for mDNS and which can be used to detect and
>> evaluate printers on the local network.  Where some future printer
>> configuration and control tool can show you the local printers, and can
>> offer to preconfigure the selected printer.
> 
> That will be nice, and more of what's expected of such these days.
> 
>> CUPS support has been requested once or twice before, as well.  That'd
>> effectively replace most of the existing printing subsystem, including
>> DECprint Supervisor (DCPS).


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