RPM's Flexible Printing Features

RPM Remote Print Manager® (RPM) includes many features that other LPD print servers do not offer. Some of RPM's features are the text printing capabilities, page processing, non-text printing options, named queues, multiple print requests, UNIX filter support, number of copies, and more. RPM has many features that set RPM apart from any other LPD Print Server solution.

While many print servers allow only a straight pass-through of data from the host system, RPM provides extensive formatting capabilities and file saving options not found in other print server products.

Features That Set RPM Apart From Competitors

Easy configuration for fitting text output to any size paper. Support all fonts the printer can use. A variety of host data formats enable end-users to print without host system modifications.
Users can easily select appropriate code page to use when printing. RPM print server can use any code page currently installed on the PC.
All RPM versions now support inserting a banner page for the Raw and Filter type queues.
Automatically create a print queue when a job is received, reducing network administration time by eliminating the need to search for misnamed queues.
Extensive logging in RPM provides each message in an easy to read format. Each log message shows a unique RPM event number, the time, the source of the message, the application that generated the message, and the message text. RPM can be configured to log only a minimal amount of messages or high detail messages.
Easily translate and convert text from different formats. Translate EBCDIC data, ASA carriage control codes, or convert SCS to ASCII for all queue types. In text mode, SCS formatting is preserved, including font changes and character positioning.
The system administrator can completely hide RPM from the user minimizing user interaction and errors. The administrator can easily unhide RPM to do any configuration or maintenance as needed.
When saving files to disk, RPM includes duplicate filename handling, filenames using job data such as date and time, user, job title, etc., plus options identified by key third-party integrators.
Provides Multiple-Byte Character Sets (MBSC) for use in international languages such as Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
RPM follows the established UNIX model of using named queues to represent distinct processing requirements. Each queue you created in RPM is fully configurable, and independent from every other queue. This means that a queue specifies actual processing, as well as the name of a printer or port.
Both Filter and Pass-through queues support LF to CRLF; text queues perform this translation automatically.

RPM Features - Current and Future

RPM features have been "customer driven", meaning the features included and planned features have been recommended by current RPM users. If you would like to view the complete feature list, please visit RPM's print server features page. If you have any new feature suggestions, please let us know! RPM solves your mainframe (host) to Windows printing issues for Unix Printing and also AS400 printing tips.

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