---
name: "lp5250d"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tn5250"
version: "0.17.4-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lp5250d"
---

# lp5250d(1)

start an AS/400 printer session

## NAME

lp5250d - start an AS/400 printer session

## SYNOPSIS

**lp5250d** \[*OPTIONS*\] *HOSTNAME*

## DESCRIPTION

**lp5250d** connects to an AS/400 over TCP/IP and provides a printer session emulating an IBM 3812 printer.  The printer session works with **scs2ascii** and host print transform on the AS/400 to print AS/400 spooled files on a local printer.

To end a printer session, send it a *SIGTERM* signal with [**kill**(1)](/kill/1.md).

Printing support requires named session support, which is available for most recent versions of OS/400, but is only supplied with V4R3 and later versions.  For V3R2, V3R7, V4R1 and V4R2, please see informational APAR II10918.

## OPTIONS

Additional **lp5250d** options are described in the [**tn5250rc**(5)](/tn5250rc/5.md) man page.

- **-u**, **--user=***USER*

  run lp5250d as *USER*

- **-H**, **--help**

  display this help and exit

- **-v**, **--version**

  output version information and exit

## EXAMPLES

- *lp5250d env.DEVNAME=LINPRT1 env.IBMMFRTYPMDL='\*HP4' as400sys*

  Connect to *as400sys* as the printer *LINPRT1*, using host print transform on the AS/400 to print to an HP Laserjet or compatible using lpr.

- *lp5250d env.DEVNAME=LINPRT1 env.IBMMFRTYPMDL='\*OKI184IBM' outputcommand=''scs2ascii \| lpr -Poki' as400sys*

  Print to an Okidata Microline 184 Turbo on the local print queue named \`**oki**'.

- *lp5250d env.DEVNAME=PSPRT outputcommand='scs2ps \> scs$$.ps' as400sys*

  Convert spooled files into PostScript® files.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs you find to the bug tracker or to the linux5250 mailing list.  See the **tn5250** web site for more details.

## SEE ALSO

[**tn5250rc**(5)](/tn5250rc/5.md), [**tn5250**(1)](/tn5250/1.md), [**scs2ascii**(1)](/scs2ascii/1.md), [**scs2ps**(1)](/scs2ps/1.md), **http://tn5250.sourceforge.net/**, **RFC1205**, **RFC2877**, **II10918**.

## COPYRIGHT

**tn5250** is copyright 1997 - 2001 Michael Madore.  This manpage is copyright 1999 - 2001 Carey Evans.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

## TRADEMARKS

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

## AUTHORS

**tn5250** was written by Michael Madore, Jay Felice, Scott Klement and others; see the AUTHORS file for details. This manual page was written by Carey Evans.