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IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide AS/400 and iSeries Twinax Printing Using the Adapter for SCS

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AS/400 and iSeries Twinax Printing Using the

Adapter for SCS

With the optional Card for IPDS/SCS/TNe and the optional Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS installed, the printer can receive, process, and print AFP/IPDS print jobs over TCP/IP from the following IBM software:

• PSF/400 V3R1-R3, V3R6-R7, V4R1-R5, V5R1-R4, or greater

Some printers do not support the Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS. Refer to “Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS Support” [page 53]

to determine if your printer supports the adapter. Note that no MFPs support Twinax printing.

The information below will lead you through the steps for setting up the AS/400, or iSeries, and the printer to print IPDS jobs over a direct Twinax connection using the optional Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS. Refer to the

IPDS User’s Guide for detailed instructions on using the control panel to select and change option settings.

Steps

The following steps must be completed to begin printing IPDS jobs.

1

Configure the Adapter IPDS and SCS Twinax Addresses

2

Set the Adapter for SCS Twinax Timeout

3

Select the IPDS Emulation, Bar Code Size, Host Resolution, and Fax Interrupt Settings

4

Modify the Auto-created Twinax Device Description or Use CRTDEVPRT to Create a Printer Device Description

5

Verify IPDS Printing

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Troubleshooting

Step 1 Configure the Adapter IPDS and SCS Twinax Addresses

When the printer has both the "Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe" and the "Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS" installed, it is possible to print IPDS jobs using the IPDS emulation in the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe and SCS jobs using the SCS emulation of the Adapter for SCS.

To use both emulations, when you install and configure the option cards, assign a twinax address for the IPDS device address and a different twinax address for the SCS device address in the Adapter for SCS. This is done using the SCS DEV.ADDR. and IPDS DEV. ADDR. options as shown below. In our examples, we will give address 0 to SCS and address 2 to IPDS.

Important:

If the IPDS device address and the adapter SCS device address are the same, the Adapter SCS device address will be used and the IPDS device address will be ignored. The word DUPLICATE will display in the control panel.

Be certain to set the correct twinax addresses in the Adapter for SCS for both the SCS device address and the IPDS device address before physically connecting your printer to the twinax wiring system. If you were to incorrectly enter the same address used by another device, you would disable that device.

If you do not know your printer's correct address, contact your network administrator.

Step 1A: Configure the Printer Adapter IPDS Device Address - or Disable IPDS Printing

The following options for the Adapter for SCS only appear when the IPDS emulation is detected in the printer.

The IPDS Device Address is used to select the twinax address for the IPDS emulation or to disable the IPDS emulation.

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From a Ready state, on printers press the MENU button.

2

Use the navigation buttons or icons to scroll to Option Card Menu.

3

On printers, press the Select button .

4

Navigate to SCS MENU 1 (or SCS MENU 2) > IPDS Options > IPDS Dev. Addr.

5

Use the navigation buttons or icons to scroll through the values, which include 0-6 and "Disable". Select the desired value.

Note: If you see the string SCS displayed after one of the numbers, for example "5 SCS", this means that the number - in this example number 5 - has already been set as the SCS Dev. Addr. number.

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Save/Submit the value and exit to the Ready page.

Step 1B: If you are using the IPDS emulation, set IPDS Buffer Size

IPDS Buffer Size is used to select the size of the data/command buffer used by the Adapter for SCS when receiving data/commands from the twinax host. IPDS Buf. Size appears as an option in the printer panel only if the IPDS Dev. Addr. is enabled (address = 0 - 6).

1

Use the control panel MENU as described above to select Option Card Menu > SCS MENU 1 (or SCS

MENU 2) > IPDS Options > IPDS Buf. Size. Select 256 or 1024.

Note:

256 is the recommended value. The 1024 byte buffer has the fastest transfer rate, but it is not compatible with some older IBM equipment.

2

Save the value and exit to the Ready page.

Step 1C: Configure the Printer Adapter SCS Device Address - or Disable SCS Printing

The SCS Device Address is used to select the twinax device address for the adapter SCS emulation or to disable the adapter SCS emulation.

1

Use the control panel MENU as described above to select Option Card Menu > SCS MENU 1 (or SCS

MENU 2) > SCS Options > SCS Dev. Addr.

2

Use the navigation buttons to scroll through the values, which include 0-6 and "Disable". Select the desired value.

Note: If the IPDS emulation and the adapter SCS emulation are given the same address, the SCS emulation in the Adapter for SCS is used and the IPDS emulation is ignored. The word

DUPLICATE will display in the control panel.

3

Save the value and exit to the Ready page.

Step 2 Set the Adapter for SCS Twinax Timeout

The Twinax Timeout value specifies the amount of time the printer Adapter for SCS will wait before closing the connection to the host and allowing non-IPDS jobs to print. The default is 10 (= 30 seconds). Values equal to or less than 10 give a 30 second timeout; values equal to or more than 11 give a timeout in seconds as specified in the value used.

To change the Twinax Timeout value:

1

Use the control panel MENU as described in Step 1A (page

15 ) to select Option Card Menu > SCS MENU

1 (or SCS MENU 2) > SCS OPTIONS > Twinax Timeout.

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Use the navigation buttons to scroll the display to the desired value - or use the numeric buttons to enter a value.

3

Save the value and return to the Ready screen.

Note: The Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > IPDS Timeout value is not active when the printer is connected to a host through an Adapter for SCS card. The IPDS timeout is controlled by the

Twinax Timeout value on the Adapter for SCS card.

Additional Information

Please refer to the Adapter for SCS, Coax/Twinax Connection, Installation and User's Guide which came with the adapter for a detailed description of other menu settings which affect job formatting.

Step 3 Select the IPDS Emulation, Bar Code Size, Host Resolution, and Fax Interrupt

Settings

It is important to select the correct emulation in the printer IPDS MENU before sending IPDS jobs.

Guidelines for Choosing the IPDS Emulation Setting

The IPDS Emulation, the BAR CODE and Host Resolution options are found in the printer control panel under MENU > Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION.

1

"Resident" is the default setting. If you are replacing a printer that used a Native Emulation setting,

"Resident" is the recommended emulation.

2

If you are replacing a printer that used a 4028 Emulation setting, choose the "Resident" Emulation and change the following settings:

a) Set Bar Code Size to "4028" under BARCODE > Bar Code Size.

b) The recommended Host Resolution setting is "Auto". If you experience printing problems, set Host

Resolution to "300".

3

If you are replacing a printer that used a 43xx Emulation setting, choose the "Resident" Emulation and change the following settings:

a) Set Bar Code Size to "43xx" under BAR CODE > Bar Code Size.

b) The recommended Host Resolution setting is "Auto". If you experience printing problems, set Host

Resolution to "300".

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If you are replacing a printer that used a 3812/3816 Emulation, select the "3812/3816" Emulation. This emulation only accepts 240 dpi resources (fonts, overlays, etc.) from the host and does not support DBCS printing.

Refer to the IPDS Emulation User’s Guide for information on these options and other IPDS MENU settings to format IPDS jobs.

Note: The supported printers do not contain an Advanced Function Common Control Unit (AFCCU).

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Step 4 Modify the Auto-created Twinax Device Description or Use CRTDEVPRT to Create a Printer Device Description

When you let the host auto-create your IPDS device, you will need to alter the following device description parameters to enable full IPDS printing:

"default values":

Advanced Function Printing

AFP *NO

Form Feed

FORMFEED *CONT

"altered values":

Advanced Function Printing

Form Feed

AFP

FORMFEED

*YES

*AUTOCUT

An example of a device description for Twinax printing is shown below. The italicized lines show the parame-

ters which must be changed for sending IPDS jobs. Use

CRTDEVPRT

to create the device description if you did not use auto-config on the AS/400.

Note:

Examples showing parameters displayed on an AS/400 may be different than the parameters displayed on your system. Examples are shown with V5R2 parameters.

Example

CRTDEVPRT

for OS/400 (locally attached printers)

Example CRTDEVPRT with parameters to change shown in bold

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Device description................ DEVD >

IPDSPRT

(Note: IPDSPRT is a user defined name.)

Device class...................... DEVCLS >

Device type....................... TYPE

Device model...................... MODEL

>

*LCL

*IPDS

>

0

*LEXLINK LAN attachment.................... LANATTACH

Switched line list................ SWTLINLST

LAN remote adapter address........ ADPTADR

Adapter type...................... ADPTTYPE

Adapter connection type........... ADPTCNNTYP

Emulated twinaxial device......... EMLDEV

Advanced Function Printing ....... AFP >

*INTERNAL

*PARALLEL

AFP attachment.................... AFPATTACH

Port number....................... PORT >

*YES

*WSC

2

(Note: Twinax address selected for IPDS printing.)

Switch setting.................... SWTSET >

0

Local location address............ LOCADR

Auxiliary printer................. AUXPRT

Emulating ASCII device............ EMLASCII

Physical attachment............... ATTACH

Online at IPL..................... ONLINE

Attached controller............... CTL

Language type..................... LNGTYPE

Print quality..................... PRTQLTY

Font: FONT

Identifier......................

>

>

*NO

*YES

CTL01

*SYSVAL

*STD

Point size......................

Form feed......................... FORMFEED >

11

*NONE

*AUTOCUT

Separator drawer.................. SEPDRAWER

Separator program.................

SEPPGM

*FILE

*NONE

Library.........................

Number of drawers................. NBRDRAWER

Printer error message............. PRTERRMSG *INQ

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Example CRTDEVPRT with parameters to change shown in bold

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Message queue..................... MSGQ

Library.........................

Maximum length of request unit.... MAXLENRU

Application type.................. APPTYPE

Activation timer.................. ACTTMR

Inactivity timer.................. INACTTMR

SNA pass-through device desc...... SNPTDEV

SNA pass-through group name....... SNPTGRP

Host signon/logon command......... LOGON

Pacing ........................... PACING

Line speed ....................... LINESPEED

>

QSYSOPR

*LIBL

*CALC

*NONE

*NOMAX

*ATTACH

*NONE

*NONE

*NONE

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*TYPE

Type of parity.................... PARITY

Stop bits......................... STOPBITS

Host Print Transform.............. TRANSFORM

Manufacturer type and model....... MFRTYPMDL

Paper source 1.................... PPRSRC1

Paper source 2.................... PPRSRC2

Envelope source................... ENVELOPE

ASCII code page 899 support....... ASCII899

Maximum pending requests.......... MAXPNDRQS

Print while converting............ PRTCVT

Print request timer............... PRTRQSTMR

*TYPE

*TYPE

*NO

*MFRTYPMDL

*MFRTYPMDL

*MFRTYPMDL

*NO

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*YES

*NOMAX

F1C10110

*LIBL Library.........................

Character identifier: CHRID

Graphic character set.........

Code page...................

Remote location:

Name or address.................

RMTLOCNAME

*SYSVAL

Mode ............................. MODE

User-defined options.............. USRDFNOPT

User-defined object: USRDFNOBJ

Object..........................

Library......................

Object type.....................

Data transform program............ USRDTATFM

Library ........................

User-defined driver program ...... USRDRVPGM

Library.........................

System driver program............. SYSDRVPGM

Secure connection................. SECURECNN

Validation list................... VLDL

Library........................

Publishing information: .......... PUBLISHINF

Support duplex.................

Support color..................

Pages per minute black.........

Pages per minute color.........

Location.......................

Data streams supported ........

Text 'Description'................ TEXT

*NETATR

QSPWTR

*NONE

> *NONE

>

>

*NONE

>

*NONE

*NO

*NONE

*UNKNOWN

*UNKNOWN

*UNKNOWN

*UNKNOWN

*BLANK

*UNKNOWN

'IPDS PRINTER'

(Note: 'IPDS PRINTER' is user defined text.)

Dependent location name........... DEPLOCNAME *NONE

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Example CRTDEVPRT with parameters to change shown in bold

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Additional Parameters

Remote network identifier......... RMTNETID

Workstation customizing object.... WSCST

Library........................

Authority ........................ AUT

*NETATR

*NONE

*LIBCRTAUT

Step 5 Verify IPDS Printing

If you have completed the steps above to configure the host and printer, you are ready to print your first IPDS job.

1

Send an IPDS job from your host system.

2

Observe the printer control panel. When the first job data is received, BUSY should be displayed in the

printer control panel. If the job does not print, go to Step 6 Troubleshooting .

3

After the last page of the IPDS job prints, BUSY will remain displayed until the host or printer ends the session. This is controlled by the Release Timer on the host or by the Twinax Timeout on the Adapter for

SCS.

4

You may want to refer to the IPDS Emulation User's Guide to determine if other IPDS MENU settings need to be changed.

Step 6 Troubleshooting

If the IPDS job does not print, try the following.

1

If BUSY is not displayed in the printer control panel or if the printer remains in Ready mode, check to be sure the printer is connected to the network.

2

If BUSY is not displayed in the printer control panel or if the printer remains in Ready mode, check all host and printer settings to be sure they are correct.

3

If you receive an IPDS Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) beginning with ’08C1’ indicating that the job is printing outside the printer valid printable area, choose one of the following solutions:

a) Change the Printable Area setting to Physical Page. Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select

Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Printable Area.

b) Change your application to position the text within the printable area. Refer to Printable Area in the

IPDS Emulation User’s Guide for more information.

c) Change the Exception Ctrl setting to Sup Beyond VPA. Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Exception Ctrl. The printer will not send a NACK to the host when printing outside the valid printable area.

4

If you receive an IPDS Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) beginning with ’0821’ indicating there are undefined characters in the job, choose one of the following solutions:

a) Change your application to send only valid characters and control codes.

b) Change the Exception Ctrl setting to Sup Undef Char. Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Exception Ctrl. The printer will not send undefined character NACKs to the host.

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If the job prints, but some characters are printed incorrectly, you should check the default code page setting.

Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Default

Codepage. On printers, the next step is to select Codepages A-E or Codepages F-K or Codepages L-Z, then select the proper code page from these groups. On MFPs, the complete list of code pages appear beside Default Codepage.

6

If the job prints, but some bar codes print in the wrong size, refer to the Bar Code Size option in the IPDS

User’s Guide for more information. Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select Option Card Menu >

IPDS MENU > EMULATION > BARCODE > Bar Code Size.

7

Refer to Chapter 10. Printer Messages and Problems on page 54

for additional problem solutions.

8

Once the job prints, refer to the IPDS Emulation User’s Guide for information on changing other IPDS MENU settings.

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