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From: DI001@CALPOLY.BITNET (GEORGE WESTLUND)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: RE: lpr for MVS
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Date: 9 Jan 91 15:55:49 GMT
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Reply-To: GEORGE WESTLUND <DI001%CALPOLY.BITNET@lilac.berkeley.edu>
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>Is there an lpr utility written for a machine running MVS and
>supporting TCP/IP?
>
>Specifically, I'd like to send output from a mainframe to a printer
>attached to a Unix machine, using the latter's lpd daemon. The only
>way I've found to do it now is to ftp from the Unix machine and "get"
>the file, piping it through lpr.  I'd like to be able to issue the lpr
>command from the MVS side (without telnetting to Unix, ftp'ing back to
>get the file, quitting ftp, then ending telnet).

The same thing for VM/XA would also be desirable.  We have multiple sites
using our VM system through TCP/IP and would like to print output to the
line printers on their UNIX machines.  It would be nice to handle it
entirely from VM, but if not we also are investigating using our AIX
system with software that works with RSCS.

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George L. Westlund         | BITNET:      DI001@CALPOLY
Academic Computing Services| Internet:    gwestlu@polyslo.calpoly.edu
Cal Poly                   | Phone:       (805) 756-2516
San Luis Obispo, CA  93407 |
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George L. Westlund         | BITNET:      DI001@CALPOLY
Academic Computing Services| Internet:    gwestlu@polyslo.calpoly.edu
Cal Poly                   | Phone:       (805) 756-2516
San Luis Obispo, CA  93407 |
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