1. hi 1 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis NetPrint

2. hi 2 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis What is NetPrint? A program that allows a Windows PC to process print requests coming over the internet.

3. hi 3 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Internet Printing LPR LPD Printer

4. hi 4 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis NetPrint is an LPD Mainframe ( LPR ) NetPrint ( LPD ) Printer Terminal

5. hi 5 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis What alternatives are there? 3270 printer emulators (e.g. Extra!) NetPrint equivalents Windows NT LPD LPD installed in printer

6. hi 6 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Why NetPrint? Deals with EBCDIC/ASCII issues Gives users greater control over printing Multiple queue support Easy to troubleshoot Locally customizable On-site support

7. hi 7 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Print Job Types Text Printing Preformatted printing

8. hi 8 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Capturing Output View before printing Accumulate on one page Text prints only!

9. hi 9 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Text Job Options Fonts Margins Suppress Form Feeds Overprinting support

10. hi 10 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Formatted Printing &&??x establishes escape character |1b is PCL escape |X 1b04200300 04999dff 00000000| (e.g. UofC logo) |* This is a comment| ¬ (not sign) shortcut for PCL escape

11. hi 11 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Mainframe Setup CICS ASP1 VTAM ASNP001P TCP/IP 136.159.213.7 Queue=ASP1 NPF ( LPR ) Static IP addresses only!

12. hi 12 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Installing NetPrint Get NetPrint.zip file Unzip all files into desired directory (usually c:\uofctcp\tcp3270) Create desktop shortcut icon Generic printer driver no longer required (since version 2.07) Define printer queue(s)

13. hi 13 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Printer Connections NetPrint Server Print Server JetDirect Printer Mainframe

14. hi 14 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Flexible Configuration MainframeNetPrint 136.159.213.7 ASP1 136.159.213.7 ASP2 136.159.213.7 ASP3 ASP1 ASP2 & ASP3

15. hi 15 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Troubleshooting NetPrint active? (not NIPrint!) Capture off? PC LPR works? Printer ‘in service’ in CICS ? NPF active?

16. hi 16 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis NetPrint Logging Log stored in Windows TEMP directory (usually c:\temp) Truncated when Netprint starts Various levels of detail available Keep Files Print to file Status messages

17. hi 17 Information Technologies Jeremy Mortis Where to get NetPrint The latest version can be found at: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~mortis \\dassrv1\public\temp\jmortis\NetPrint.zip WinLPR can be found at: \\dassrv1\public\internet\zipapps\wlpr20.zip

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