Setting-up Network Printing

Network Printing allows users to send print jobs from a Reality database to printers on a network.

There are several ways in which your printer might be connected to the network. For example:

• The printer might be connected via a terminal server.
• Connection might be via a printer server on port 9100.

Procedure

To set up a network printer, do the following:

1. If the printer is connected to a terminal server, configure the terminal server port. On an MPTS terminal server use the following settings:

   • Set option 1 (Type) to INCOMING.
   • Set option 22 (Port accessible by Northgate) to NO.
   • Set option 23 (Port Accessible by TCP/IP) to YES. You will be prompted to enter an IP address and port number (normally 1202).
   • Set option 26 (Port accessible by ISO pipe) to NO.

   Other terminal servers will be similar – refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for details.

2. On the host, set up a destination entry for the remote printer using TCP/IP in character mode (UNIX) or the Telnet protocol (Windows). Set the remote host address to the IP address of the printer or terminal server and the port number to that used by the printer (normally 9100 or, on a terminal server, 1202 ).

   • On UNIX, use the ROUTE-FILE Maintenance Utility (netadmin option 2).
   • On Windows, use the netadmin Network Administration Utility.

3. On the database, create an item in the Reality NETDEVS file as follows:

       item-id
   001 printerName
   002 SHR
   003 NETDSP

   where item-id can be any suitable name and printerName is the name of the ROUTE-FILE entry created in step 2.

4. Use DSM to create a Despooler definition:

   • Set option 1, Device Type, to PTR.
   • Set option 2, Device Name, to the item-id of the item created in the NETDEVS file.
   • Set option 9, Permanent or Shared, to S  (shared) to allow other network users to use the printer.

5. Use FQM to create or edit the formqueue you require:

   • Set option 16, Assigned Despoolers, to the name of the despooler created in step 4.
   • Set the other options as required.

6. Use START-DESPOOLER to start the Despooler.

   Note: When starting a network Despooler, you must have started Reality using the system name of the Reality entry in the ROUTE-FILE which identifies the database (that is, do not use the absolute pathname with the reality command).

7. Use SP-ASSIGN to assign the formqueue you created in step 5 to the required Print Report.