Basic LPR Print Driver

The basic TCP/IP LPR print driver provides support for:

LINCNT and FCB page length
NOCC files
Single-page ASA files
FCB-controlled formatting of ASA and Machine carriage control characters
Advanced Laser Printer Interface supported for TCP/IP-attached printers
TCP/IP printers are displayed in the same way as VTAM and PSF printers
The menu system shows the number of pages/lines read as the number of pages/lines sent to print for TCP/IP LPR printers
TCP/IP printer parameters shown on the Menu System Printer panel
Pseudo sense code and info status code to help identify printing problems
Partial print support
Cancel and interrupt printer command support
Halt file and drain printer support; so PRTOPT=2 is no longer needed
New file and printer status messages
Support for retrying TCP/IP printer session request in 2½ minutes
Support for double cancel for a TCP/IP printer
Separator page user exit ESFU010X
SMF record type 6 and CA Spool SMF record subtype 11—print end
The 'TCPIP' device-type prefix requirement is removed
Support for up to 64 characters in the printer node TCPHOST parameter
TCP/IP print user exit can be used to delete, print, or change print records, or to insert printer commands or data during print formatting
Translate tables for EBCDIC code pages to Microsoft Windows 3.1, Latin 1 translation
SCS Transparency support for passing binary data without translation
Compression of data sent to TCP/IP-attached printers
TCP/IP trace facility