StreamServer applications and AS/400 environments

The OS/400 operating system you are using to run StreamServer applications must have a level that supports TCP/IP. The minimum level is 3.2.

To configure the StreamServer application for an AS/400 environment you must:

•	Create a text driver for the AS/400 output queue.

Output sent to the StreamServer application must not contain control codes from HP printer driver source code. These codes might affect the operation of the StreamServer application. To avoid problems caused by control characters in the data stream, you must remove all control codes from the HP printer driver source code that might affect the operation of the StreamServer application. You do this by creating a text driver for use with the AS/400 output queue to the StreamServer application.

•	Create a remote output queue to the StreamServer application.

On the AS/400 platform, you must create a remote output queue to the StreamServer application. This output queue uses the text driver to create pure text files. When you print to this output queue from your AS/400 application, the spool file is sent via TCP/IP to the computer where you have installed Port Monitor.

•	Configure Port Monitor on the Windows system.

On the computer where you installed Port Monitor, you must configure the Port Monitor to have the same name as the AS/400 output queue to the StreamServer application. Port Monitor receives the spool file and saves it in a directory on the computer.

To enable output to Port Monitor, you must define Port Monitor as a local printer and as a shared resource. The name of the shared resource must correspond to the name of the remote print queue in AS/400. You must use UPPERCASE letters for the printer name. See Creating a printer for Port Monitor.

On the Windows computer, you must ensure the TCP/IP print server service is running. The default port for LPR is 515.

For details on how to configure the AS/400 environment, see the AS/400 documentation.