This page has been provided to assist you in printing from DEC VAX and Open VMS systems
Here is a quick chart outlining some software solutions
Please help me by providing comments, corrections or updates
1. I'd like to see some information on printing
solutions for DEC VAX and OpenVMS
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RPM Remote Print Manager® is a PC-based TCP/IP print server
that's built for all Windows® platforms to give you unparalleled flexibility
in UNIX Network (and UNIX to Windows Printing) Print Management.
RPM enhances the user's ability to customize and control processing of UNIX print jobs received on a TCP/IP network. RPM can successfully receive jobs from Linux, SCO Unix, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, FreeBSD, Digital Unix, DEC VAX, Open VMS and any other Unix platform that can print using the standard LPR/LPD and Telnet protocols. The Telnet protocol includes reverse telnet, Jetdirect, and stream printing. |
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PrintKit software products provide OpenVMS printing to networked printers, including desktop, workgroup, departmental, production, and color models. Consistent services across this entire range, and a faithful match to the OpenVMS printing architecture provide unmatched flexibility in tailoring printing solutions. |
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Search for DECprint Supervisor
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DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS (DCPS) for OpenVMS, a layered product, offers powerful PostSript printing for Compaq OpenVMS Alpha and VAX systems and PC clients. It supports many applications and printers from a variety of print vendors. Print queues can use TCP/IP, LAT or AppleTalk over the network or a serial port to connect to the printer. Files in numerous formats can be printed, including PostScript, PCL and ANSI, with DCPS translating files if necessary to PostScript. |
2. I'd like to see some links to other interesting
DEC VAX and OpenVMS sites
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3. Northlake PrintKit configuration that has worked at one account.
Configuration
Protocol - TCP_LPR
IP Adress - n.n.n.n (only you know that)
Remote lpr queue - "lp" (make sure you use the quotes to preserve case. EFI controllers would be "print")
Needs byte count - YES