NAME¶

pr3287 - IBM host printing tool

SYNOPSIS¶

pr3287 [ options ] [ L: ] [[ LUname [, LUname ...]@] hostname [: port ]]

DESCRIPTION¶

pr3287 opens a telnet connection to an IBM host, and emulates an IBM 3287 printer. It implements RFCs 2355 (TN3270E), 1576 (TN3270) and 1646 (LU name selection).

If the hostname is prefixed with L:, the connection will be made through an SSL tunnel. pr3287 also supports TELNET START-TLS option negotiation without any need for command-line options.

A specific LU name to use may be specified by prepending it to the hostname with an `@'. Multiple LU names to try can be separated by commas. An empty LU can be placed in the list with an extra comma.

The port to connect to defaults to telnet. This can be overridden by appending a port to the hostname with a colon `:'.

OPTIONS¶

pr3287 understands the following options:

-assoc LUname

Causes the session to be associated with the specified LUname.

-blanklines

In LU3 formatted mode, print blank lines even if they are all NULLs or control characters. (This is a violation of the 3270 printer protocol, but some hosts require it.)

-cadir directory

Specifies a directory containing CA (root) certificates to use when verifying a certificate provided by the host.

-cafile filename

Specifies a PEM-format file containing CA (root) certificates to use when verifying a certificate provided by the host.

-certfile filename

Specifies a file containing a certificate to provide to the host, if requested. The default file type is PEM.

-certfiletype type

Specifies the type of the certificate file specified by -certfile. Type can be pem or asn1.

-chainfile filename

Specifies a certificate chain file in PEM format, containing a certificate to provide to the host if requested, as well as one or more intermediate certificates and the CA certificate used to sign that certificate. If -chainfile is specified, it overrides -certfile.

-charset name

Specifies an alternate host code page (input EBCDIC mapping). The default maps the U.S. English (037) code page to the current locale character encoding. pr3287 generally supports the same host character sets as x3270.

-command command

Specifies the command to run for each print job. The default is lpr.

-crlf

Causes newline characters in the output to be expanded to carriage-return/linefeed sequences.

-daemon

Causes pr3287 to become a daemon (background) process.

-eojtimeout seconds

Causes pr3287 to complete the print job after seconds seconds of inactivity.

-emflush

Causes pr3287 to flush any pending printer output whenever an EM (End of Medium) order arrives in unformatted 3270 mode. This can help preserve multi-page output with hosts that do not clear the 3270 buffer between pages.

-ignoreeoj

Ignore TN3270E PRINT-EOJ commands, relying on UNBIND commands to indicate the ends of print jobs.

-ffeoj

Causes pr3287 to add a FF (formfeed) at the end of each print job.

-ffskip

Causes pr3287 to ignore a FF (formfeed) order if it occurs at the top of a page.

-ffthru

In SCS mode, causes pr3287 to pass FF (formfeed) orders through to the printer as ASCII formfeed characters, rather than simulating them based on the values of the MPL (maximum presentation line) and TM (top margin) parameters.

-keyfile filename

Specifies a file containing the private key for the certificate file (specified via -certfile or -chainfile). The default file type is PEM.

-keyfiletype type

Specifies the type of the private key file specified by -keyfile. Type can be pem or asn1.

-keypasswd type:value

Specifies the password for the private key file, if it is encrypted. The argument can be file:filename, specifying that the password is in a file, or string:string, specifying the password on the command-line directly.

-proxy type:host[:port]

Causes pr3287 to connect via the specified proxy, instead of using a direct connection. The host can be an IP address or hostname. The optional port can be a number or a service name. For a list of supported proxy types, see PROXY below.

-reconnect

Causes pr3287 to reconnect to the host, whenever the connection is broken. There is a 5-second delay between reconnect attempts, to reduce network thrashing for down or misconfigured hosts.

-selfsignedok

Allow self-signed host certificates.

-trace

Turns on data stream tracing. Trace information is usually saved in the file /tmp/x3trc.pid.

-tracedir dir

Specifies the directory to save trace files in, instead of /tmp.

-trnpre file

Specifies a file containing data that will be sent to the printer before each print job. The file contents are treated as transparent data, i.e., they are not translated in any way.

-trnpost file

Specifies a file containing data that will be sent to the printer after each print job. The file contents are treated as transparent data, i.e., they are not translated in any way.

-v

Display build and version information and exit.

-verifycert

Verify the host certificate for tunneled SSL and negotiated SSL/TLS connections.

SIGNALS¶

SIGINT, SIGHUP and SIGTERM cause the current print job to be flushed (any pending data to be printed) and pr3287 to exit.

SIGUSR1 causes the current print job to be flushed without otherwise affecting the pr3287 process.

PROXY¶

The -proxy option causes pr3287 to use a proxy server to connect to the host. The syntax of the option is:

The special types socks4a and socks5d can also be used to force the proxy server to do the hostname resolution for the SOCKS protocol.

SEE ALSO¶

x3270(1), c3270(1), telnet(1), tn3270(1)
Data Stream Programmer's Reference, IBM GA23-0059
Character Set Reference, IBM GA27-3831
3174 Establishment Controller Functional Description, IBM GA23-0218
RFC 1576, TN3270 Current Practices
RFC 1646, TN3270 Extensions for LUname and Printer Selection
RFC 2355, TN3270 Enhancements

COPYRIGHTS¶

Copyright 1993-2013, Paul Mattes.
Copyright 1990, Jeff Sparkes.
Copyright 1989, Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC), Atlanta, GA
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All rights reserved.

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VERSION¶

pr3287 3.3.12ga12