Printing from SAP via main frames

Hi,
We are runnnig Our SAP 47 on Solaris Operating System. We have a requirement for printing form SAP using Mainframe Print Queues. Does any one have any info on how to setup print queues in main frame or printing from SAP via mainframe servers. Any Info would be really helpful.
thanks in advance
Sitapati Kalluri

You can use IBM Infoprint Server for z/OS.
<a href="http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/ipserverhome_z_ww">http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/ipserverhome_z_ww</a>
But this is priced feature of z/OS and requires some customization.
Regards, Martin

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605467:SAPscript/Smart Forms: Print preview in SAP GUI for Java
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