[Info-vax] printing from VMS

[Joukj]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> These days, people print probably mostly PDF.  Presumably most printers 
> will print a text file.  What about PDF?  Is that done by the printer or 
> is there some sort of driver installed on the printing device?

Many printers are capable of interpreting PDF by themselves (see the 
specification of the printer)

> 
> It would be nice to print to that from VMS.  What can I expect to work 
> if I set up a queue pointing to the IP address?  Text?  PostScript?  
> PDF?  Nothing?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
Depends on the capablities of the printer. I normally setup a queue 
capable of doing LPD and just send the "raw" postscript or "raw" PDF to it.


some details on my machine:

The queue:
Server queue REMPS, idle, on BOLERO::, mounted form DEFAULT
   /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FLAG,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase 
/OWNER=[SYSTEM]
   /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$LPD_SMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR


the print command i.e.
PRINT/NOTI/QUE=REMPS/PAR=(HOST=131.180.116.59,"pri=AUTO") <file.pdf>
(where AUTO matches the queue defined on the printer)


              regards
                Jouk