Page range on an AS/400 Remote OUTQ

Problem:

When printing from the AS/400 to RPM and specifying a range of pages to print, it seems this instruction is ignored as the entire spool file is printed. Can RPM be configured to honor the page range setting?

Answer:

RPM does not impose this limitation, it is caused by the AS/400. With a Remote OUTQ, even if you specify a page range, the entire spool file is sent to RPM and printed. The LPR/LPD protocol does not allow for page range printing, so RPM will print everything that is received.

IBM provides a way for page ranges to be set in remote OUTQs. Click here for more information.

RPM also supports page ranges. To control the starting and ending page, the job must be held or the queue suspended. When a print job arrives in RPM, double-click the job, and enter the starting and ending pages. If the specified ending page is less than the starting page, the job will start at the starting page and end when there is no more data to print. Release the job or unsuspend the queue to start printing the job.

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