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How to set up IPDS printer on HP Jetdirect port 9100. For AS/400 ver. 3.6

Device Description and PSFCFG configuration to use with IPDS DIMM and JetDirect card

Requirements:

Before IPDS printing using TCP/IP can be accomplished, the following points need to be checked:

  • TCP/IP is installed and enabled
  • The relevant PTFs are applied
  • The WRKAFP2 command is compiled (for AS/400 3.1 and 3.6 only)

Details on how to verify these items can be found on the Internet.
Consult the following IBM web address for details:

http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com

In the Technical Information database, you find the following links:

  • AS/400 Knowledge Base

This link directs you to the area of the Knowledge Base, which is specifically about Print.
IBM Doc. No. 8414724, PTF Listing for AFP Printing is a good entry.

  • Preventive Service Planning (PSP)

This link directs you to the area of the Knowledge Base about Cumulative PTF Package for all OS/400 versions. IBM Doc. No. 8203740, PTF Listing for TCP/LAN Printing is a good entry.

HP settings:

Default IPDS port in JetDirect card is: 9100

Set the IP, Subnet Mask, and Gateway address on the JetDirect card.
The printers PS wait time-out shall be set to 300 sec.

The JetDirect card's IDLE TIMEOUT shall be set to 3600 sec or 0 (zero). Refer to our FAQ for a description of the consequences. Remember to power cycle printer to enable new settings.

AS/400 settings:

To configure IPDS on AS/400 V3R2, use the following commands:

  • CRTDEVPRT
  • CRTPSFCFG

On the AS/400 command line, enter a command in the form:

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(HP_IPDS) DEVCLS(*RMT) TYPE(*IPDS) MODEL(0) AFP(*YES) AFPATTACH(*APPC) FONT(11)
RMTLOCNAME(TCPIP) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) TEXT('IDATA IPDS DIMM')

A completed screen looks like this:


Display Device Description Page 1

Device description . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	DEVD		HP_IPDS

Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	OPTION		*ALL

Category of device . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :			*PRT

Automatically created . . . . .  . . . .  . . . . . . . :			NO

Device class . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	DEVCLS		*RMT

Device type . . . . . . . . . .  . . . .  . . . . . . . :	TYPE		*IPDS

Device model . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	MODEL		0

Advanced function printing . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	AFP		*YES

AFP attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	AFPATTACH	*APPC

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		QSYSOPR

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

Maximum pending requests . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	MAXPNDRQS	6

Print while converting . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	PRTCVT		*YES

Print request timer . . . . .  . . . . .  . . . . . . . :	PRTRQSTMR	*NOMAX

Form definition . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .:	FORMDF		F1C10110

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

Character identifier . . . . . .. . . . .  . . . . . . .:	CHRID		*SYSVAL

Remote location . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .:	RMTLOCNAME	TCPIP

Local location . . . . . . . . .. . . . .  . . . . . . .:	LCLLOCNAME	*NETATR

Remote network identifier . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .:	RMTNETID	*NETATR

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .  . . . . . . .:	MODE		QSPWTR

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

Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .  . . . . . . .:	TEXT		IDATA IPDS DIMM

Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V3R2

On the AS/400 command line, enter a command in the form:

CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG(HP_IPDS) IPDSPASTHR(*YES) RLSTMR(*SEC15) TEXT(IDATA IPDS DIMM)
RMTLOCNAME('194.192.134.90) PORT(9100)

A completed screen looks like this:


PSF configuration: HP_IPDS		 Library: QGPL



User resource library . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*JOBLIBL

IPDS pass through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*YES

Activate release timer . . . . .. . . . . . . . :	*NORDYF

Release timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*SEC15

Restart timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*IMMED

SNA retry count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	2

Delay time between retries . . .. . . . . . . . :	0

Blank page . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . :	*YES

Page size control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*YES

Resident fonts . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . :	*YES

Resource retention . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . :	*YES

Edge orient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*NO

Remote location:

Name or address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	194.192.134.90

TCP/IP port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	9100

TCP/IP activation timer . . . . . . . . . . . . :	170

PSF defined options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :	*NONE

Text description . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . :	IDATA IPDS DIMM

Device resource library list . . . . . . . . . .:	*DFT

Then do the following:

Ping the IP address to verify communication with the printer:
PING ’192.194.134.90’

Vary the printer on:
VRYCFG HP_IPDS CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)

Start the print writer:
STRPRTWTR HP_IPDS