RPM

Our print server product

Firebird Implementation Limit Exceeded

Symptoms

  1. The RPM Remote Print Manager service will not run. It starts, then immediately stops.
  2. The RPM User Interface reports "Error Getting License".
  3. An entry can be found in the Windows Event Viewer for RPM Remote Print Manager.

Cause

There is a known limitation in the Firebird Database releated to Transaction Limits.  When this limit is reached, RPM Remote Print Manager is unable to attach to the FIrebird Database where it stores its settings. Read more »

How to use powershell from an RPM filter

How to use powershell from an RPM filter

RPM Software Print Server Upgrade, more Unicode support, better Asian operating support

Submitted by Dave Brooks on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 20:08

RPM software print serverWe released today a major version of our RPM Remote Print Manager® product, version 5.1.0.88. This is our software print server, which includes the ability to pre-process the data in your print jobs (we refer to this as "transforms") and it provides multiple outputs for your print jobs, which we call "actions".

Unicode support

The biggest single change for this release is that we substantially increased the amount of Unicode support. RPM has been able to use Unicode for Windows text printing for well over a decade. Read more »

Print Filtering, Resource Conservation -- a Case Study in Not Wasting Paper

Submitted by Dan Casper on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 19:29

This post shows how RPM Remote Print Manager® "filter" action can not only customize a print job but can also completely change the job handling itself.

The Scenario:  An automated mainframe system sends thousands of print jobs daily. 

The Problem:  95% of these automated print jobs are useless.  They are not actionable, and do not require any kind of human interaction.  Unfortunately, they still consume and waste resources. 

The Solution:  Prevent hard copy output of print jobs matching specific criteria.   Read more »

RPM Support for System i

History

RPM Remote Print Manager® was introduced in 1995, nearly the same time IBM started to offer native TCP/IP support on mainframes and the AS/400.  Read more »

FAQ: Port 515 conflict with NetManage

Problem: I'm using Chameleon NetManage with RPM and get this message: 'RPM has detected another program is using port 515...' Read more »

FAQ: Port 515 in use when using TermVision

Problem: I'm using SCO TermVision with RPM and get this message: 'RPM has detected another program is using port 515' Read more »

FAQ: How to save file without printing it?

Problem: I want RPM Remote Print Manager® to copy the data file in a directory I specify, without printing it or running a program. How do I accomplish this? Read more »

FAQ: Can RPM handle FORTRAN codes?

Problem: I have files with ASA carriage control, also known as FORTRAN control characters, that I need to print. Can RPM convert ASA carriage control properly? Read more »

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