UBE run locally cannot open printer

[wadie]

I created a new batch job that will have to print on a predefined paper format. Since I will have to move fields around a lot until lay-out is good, I do not want to deploy the batch to server each time I made a change. So I was trying to print the batch when it's run locally but I get errors in jdedebug.log and nothing happens on the printer:

Oct 21 12:21:48.312028 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN --PRT--prtTable_IsPrinterLogicSimplified return 1
Oct 21 12:21:48.312029 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN --PRT--jdeGetProcAddress is called for _prtFilter_ConvertToLP@20
Oct 21 12:21:48.312030 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000001 - Entering prtConvertPDF.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312031 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000005 - Entering PRTFilter_ConvertPages.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312032 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000006 - PRTFilter_ConvertPages: After BeginDoc.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312033 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000007 - PRTFilter_ConvertPages: After BeginPage.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312034 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000008 - PRTFilter_ConvertPages: Before EndPage.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312035 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000009 - PRTFilter_ConvertPages: Before EndDoc.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312036 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000010 - Leaving PRTFilter_ConvertPages.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312037 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN PRTPF0000004 - Leaving prtConvertPDF.
Oct 21 12:21:48.312038 - 2136/3572 UNKNOWN KNT0000140 - Could not open printer p_erp2_vrachtbrief for printing.

When selecting an existing UBE on the server and printing it on this printer, works, so I think the printer is OK. I just cannot reach it from my fat client if the UBE is run locally. Is there a work-around for this?

8.11SP1 TR8.96, Linux, DB2

 

[peterbruce]

wadie,

Can you print to that printer from the machine on which the fat client is installed, without using JDE, just normal printing from say a word processor (eg Microsoft Word) or spreadsheet (eg Microsoft Excel). If you can print this way, you should be able to print a job run locally from within JDE.

 

[Segfault]

share your local printer in windows. use jde to make a printer called \\yourhost\yourprinter and define it as your default printer for that report (printers app off gh9013). then you're good to go.

 

[wadie]

Adding the printer to my local machine and creating it in JDE works!

But can I trust this solution? Could printer settings cause problems since I am using a local installation of the printer and not the 'network' version?