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Basic LPR Print Driver

The basic TCP/IP LPR print driver supports FCB-controlled formatting of ASA and machine carriage control print files and print data translation. This driver supplies translation tables for many EBCDIC code pages to Microsoft Windows 3.1, and Latin 1. This driver also supports the Advanced Laser Printer Interface, partial print, SCS transparency, data compression, and separator page user exit.

Activate this support by specifying TCPDRIV=LPR in the printer node definition. If TCPDRIV is not defined for a printer that has TCPHOST defined, TCPDRIV=LPR is the default.

To configure the behavior of the LPR print driver, use communications options, protocol options, and the following formatting options:

• B—Includes the existing FCB and the Form and Chars BINLIB resource members before the print file. Includes the RESET BINLIB member after the print file.
• F—Lets LINECNT or FCB page length specify the number of lines to be printed per page for NOCC files and single page ASA files.
• 3—Uses existing VPS resources to control the formatting of text files.
• g—Includes the existing FCB, Form, and Chars PCLLIB resource members before the print file. Includes the RESET member after the print file.

  Commands are entered in EBCDIC.

  An asterisk or blank in column 1 indicates a comment line. A blank terminates the command string on each line. Data after the first blank is ignored. DEVICE statements are supported. PCL and Non PCL commands can exist in the same PCLLIB member.

• r—Includes the existing PCLLIB, PJLLIB, or BINLIB members that match a file's Remote Destination, Writer Name, or Form Name before the print file. Includes the RESET member after the print file.

  An asterisk or blank in column 1 indicates a comment line. A blank terminates the command string on each line. Data after the first blank is ignored. DEVICE statements are supported.

  Note: For more information about how this option interacts with other TCPDRIV options, see the description of the 'r' option in the Initialization chapter.