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Setting up a network printer on VMS

This document has some brief notes on setting up a network printer with VMS

Starting the Queue Manager

if the queue manager is not currently running, it must be started. Running the command START /QUEUE /MANAGER will do it. If the queue manager has never been run on this node before, /NEW_VERSION must be added making the full command START /QUEUE /MANAGER /NEW_VERSION (note that specifying /NEW_VERSION will overwrite the existing queue database files)

Creating the queue

Lastly, the queue itself must be created. This can be done with a command such as:

$ INITIALIZE /QUEUE /START myprinterqueue -
/PROCESSOR=tcpip$telnetsym -
/on="myprinter.example.com:9100"
              

where "myprinterqueue" is the name of the printer queue, "myprinter.example.com" is the network name of the printer (or its IP address) and "9100" is the port it is listening on.

See Also

• Hoffman Labs - OpenVMS Tips: IP Network Printing