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Printing to Unknown Printer

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This is a common situation, where you want to allow for the possibility of several different remote users to print selected reports back to a printer which they select only at the time of printing. The concept is similar to using emulated auxiliary port printing in an emulator such as ZTERM, with the printer choice set to "Prompt for printer".

To accomplish this, set up the application server side just as described for Printing over the Internet (above). On the AshLPD side, create a matching printer definition which uses the pseudo device PROMPT:, i.e.:

;<AshLPD printer definition for to prompt for printer>

DEVICE = PROMPT: