*IPDS printing on network printer
AS/400 printing, IBM Intelligent Printer Data Stream, Intelligent Printer Data Stream, IPDS, Network printers, Printers, Tally T6212
We have obtained a Tally T6212 network printer with *IPDS option to replace an IBM 6400 twinax printer.
I have tried many different settings: CLASS(*LAN) TYPE(*IPDS) - Remote outq and virtual printer, but to no avail.
The standard SCS output is printed, but an *IPDS printfile is either printed with rubbish characters or directly put in HOLD status.
What definitions do I need to get this working correctly?
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November 12, 2008 11:34 AM
UPDATED:
November 17, 2008 6:46 AM
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We have a network IBM 1145 printer (uses normal object *outq) and this is the wrkdevd for it:
Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD P1145
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *ALL
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *PRT
Device class . . . . . . . . . . . : DEVCLS *LAN
Device type . . . . . . . . . . . : TYPE *IPDS
Device model . . . . . . . . . . . : MODEL 0
LAN attachment . . . . . . . . . . : LANATTACH *IP
Advanced function printing . . . . : AFP *YES
Port number . . . . . . . . . . . : PORT 9100
Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : ONLINE *YES
Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : FONT
Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . : 011
Point size . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
Form feed . . . . . . . . . . . . : FORMFEED *AUTOCUT
Separator drawer . . . . . . . . . : SEPDRAWER *FILE
Separator program . . . . . . . . : SEPPGM *NONE
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Printer error message . . . . . . : PRTERRMSG *INQ
Message queue . . . . . . . . . . : MSGQ *CTLD
Current message queue . . . . . . : QSYSOPR
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYS
Activation timer . . . . . . . . . : ACTTMR *NOMAX
Image configuration . . . . . . . : IMGCFG *NONE
Maximum pending requests . . . . . : MAXPNDRQS 6
Print while converting . . . . . . : PRTCVT *YES
Form definition . . . . . . . . . : FORMDF F1C10110
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LIBL
Character identifier . . . . . . . : CHRID *SYSVAL
Remote location . . . . . . . . . : RMTLOCNAME
Name or address . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (your IP address for it)
User-defined object . . . . . . . : USRDFNOBJ IPDSPRT
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : QGPL
Object type . . . . . . . . . . : *PSFCFG
Data transform program . . . . . . : USRDTATFM *NONE
User-defined driver program . . . : USRDRVPGM *NONE
Dependent location name . . . . . : DEPLOCNAME *NONE
Allocated to:
Job name . . . . . . . . . . . . . : P1145
User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSPLJOB
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 150528
Published . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
Publishing information . . . . . . : PUBLISHINF
Support duplex . . . . . . . . . : *UNKNOWN
Support color . . . . . . . . . : *UNKNOWN
Pages per minute black . . . . . : *UNKNOWN
Pages per minute color . . . . . : *UNKNOWN
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BLANK
Data streams supported . . . . . : *UNKNOWN
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEXT System printer IBM Infoprint model 1145 IPDS AFP
User-defined options . . . . . . . : USRDFNOPT
-----------------User-defined options------------------
* * * * * E N D O F L I S T I N G * * * * *
Hope this helps.
Michael Dratwa
Home Telephone Company, Inc.
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I had to set up an IPDS printer several years ago… I used the information I found on the IBM Software Knowledge base website,
Here is one site that might give you all the information you need, Configuring a *LAN IPDS Device Description:
One important thing to know is, if you are going to be using IPDS with AFP =*YES, you will require a license key… here is a website that will explain:
Hope that helps!!
Thanks for your help.
A *LAN printer definition and PSFCFG was created with mostly default settings. But this did not work.
It turned out our system was CHRID(1140) and the printer did not support that. By setting the printer definition to CHRID(500) we solved the problem.