You can connect to a printer on the IBM i as a remote writer if you create an output queue with the command:
CRTOUTQ OUTQ(<Library>/<Outq>) RMTSYS(*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ(QUEUE) MFRTYPMDL(*HP4)
AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE(*OTHER) TRANSFORM(*YES)
INTNETADR('222.5.1.235') DESTOPT('XAIX')
Explaination of the parameters:
OUTQ
The library (<Library>) and name (<Outq>) of the output queue to be created.
RMTPRTQ
This is the remote printer queue - identification of the queue name on the printer. This is printer specific. Examples for remote queues can be found via this link:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010172
TRANSFORM
This must be set to *YES, but the merged InterForm400 spooled files are not transformed via Host Print Transform.
MFRTYPMDL
Like the font parameter the value is irrelevant for merged InterForm400 spooled files, but a value must be selected.
INTNETADR
Identification of the printer either via IP-address or name.
DESTOPT
'XAIX' enables support for the COPIES attribute on spooled files. If forgotten the COPIES parameter of spooled files will be ignored.
One limitation of the remote writer is the missing support for the PAGERANGE attribute of spooled files. This is not relevant for InterForm400 as merged spooled files cannot be partially printed, but if you want support for PAGERANGE for other spooled files, then there is more information to be found here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019686
