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PROS B PROS B - Advantages:
It provides accounting and status logging. Supports
PROS B - Limitations:
A ‘C’ compiler is required to build the PROS B drivers and in the case of BSD, it may conflict with other input or output filters. It does not allow both input and output filters. Interface programs can not be used in System V.
Note: ❏ You can download a ‘C’ compiler from http://www.gnu.org/.
Reverse Telnet
Other UNIX Systems
IBM MVS Systems
Often used for printing via a terminal server printer port. Only recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed.
Advantages:
Easy to set up with previously installed Reverse Telnet drivers.
Limitations:
No status logging. Drivers are not supplied with the AXIS 5400. Existing drivers may be slow.
Most UNIX systems resemble either BSD or System V and so with some ingenuity, a solution can also be devised for other variants.
If the system has BSD socket type networking support, then prosbsd (in the bsd directory of the AXIS 5400) can be used as a starting point. It receives print data from stdin, and writes a log file to stderr. Nothing is written to stdout.
Alternatively, FTP may be used. It is a good idea to use bsd/ftp_bsd or sysv/ftp_sysv as a starting point.
A sample JCL script, jclex, is available in the mvs directory of the AXIS 5400. It gives an example of how to print a file from an MVS mainframe to an AXIS 5400 using FTP.
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