Archive for March, 2008

Archiving AS400 Data

The AS400 sends data to a Windows PC with RPM Remote Print Manager installed. The file is sent from the AS400 via TCP/IP protocol and RPM is the LPD software that receives the spool file from the AS400.

LPD / TCPIP is a much safer, and much easier way to transfer files to the Windows environment [...]

iSeries Page Range Printing

Many PC users need to print just a few pages from a file located on the AS/400. Normally, the AS/400 supports printing a specific range of pages, however, when using TCP/IP printing, specifying a page range has no effect. RPM Remote Print ManagerĀ® can easily perform AS400 page-range printing!

The AS/400 does not support page range [...]

SCS to ASCII Translation

The primary benefit to moving SCS rendering off the host computer is reduced CPU time. AS/400 and RPM Remote Print Manager users have reported print times reduced from minutes to seconds, though results will vary depending on the host utilization.
The secondary benefits include:

The ability to capture to disk using an RPM filter queue
Support for country-specific [...]