Printing from Windows systems

With Infoprint Server, you can print from your Windows system to any printer defined in the Infoprint Server Printer Inventory.

You can use these methods to submit a print request:

• Any Windows application that supports printing, such as a word processor or a viewer application. To print from a Windows application, you can use the IBM® Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows, the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, or the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). See Determining the print submission protocol.
• Windows print command. See Using the print command.
• Windows LPR command. See Using the LPR command.
• IBM lprafp command. See Printing using the lprafp command.

To use the LPR or lprafp command, you do not need to install the Infoprint Port Monitor or configure z/OS® for SMB or IPP processing.

Table 11 summarizes the tasks related to submitting a print request and refers you to the section that describes the task. Required tasks are required by all users. Optional tasks are required only if the listed condition applies.