VM TCP/IP LPR/LPD Support for the Euro

The LPR client and LPD server applications have been enhanced to provide users with the ability to specify alternate translation tables.

LPR Command

The new TRANSLATE tablename option has been added to allow the user to specify which translation table the application will use for EBCDIC-ASCII data translations.

If TRANSLATE tablename is not specified, a default translation table is used. If the LPRSET command has been used to set the TRANSLATE option, the specified translation table will be used. If the Nickname option of LPR is specified, the :TRANSLATE tag associated with the nickname is used, if present. Otherwise, data translation is performed as follows:

Asynchronous processing
Data translation is based on the configuration of the RSCS server and link to which the files were directed.
Synchronous processing
LPR searches for and uses the LPR TCPXLBIN file first, and then the STANDARD TCPXLBIN file. If neither is found, an internal translation table is used.

LPRSET Command

The LPRSET command (for TCP/IP for VM Function Level 310) has been changed to support a new option, TRANSLATE tablename, that allows the user to set the default translation table used for EBCDIC to ASCII data translations.

LPD (LPSERVE)

The LPD command has been changed to support a new LPD configuration file statement, TRANSLATETABLE tablename; the synonym is XLATETABLE. When used, this statement identifies a specific translation table to be associated with a given print service. This statement must follow a SERVICE statement in the LPD CONFIG file.

See Base TCP/IP support for a description of the new code pages.