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How to set up IPDS printer on HP Jetdirect port 9100. For AS/400 ver. 4.3

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

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:

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

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(HP_IPDS) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(*IPDS) MODEL(0) LANATTACH(*IP) AFP(*YES) PORT(9100)
FONT(11) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) RMTLOCNAME('192.194.134.90) USRDFNOBJ(AFP/NETWRKPRT *PSFCFG)
TEXT('IDATA IPDS DIMM')

A completed screen looks like this:


Display Device Description 			Page 1

5716SS1 V4R3M0 981108	 BLDRB1 	09/11/98 12:02:59



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

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

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

Device class . . . . . . . . . . . :	DEVCLS		*LAN

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

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

LAN attachment . . . . . . . . . . :	LANATTACH	*IP

User-defined object . . . . . . . .:	USRDFNOBJ	NETWRKPRT

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:			AFP

Object type . . . . . . . . . . . .:			*PSFCFG

Data transform program . . . . . . :	USRDTATFM	*NONE

User-defined driver program . . . .:	USRDRVPGM	*NONE

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		QSYSOPR

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

Activation timer . . . . . . . . . :	ACTTMR		170

Maximum pending requests . . . . . :	MAXPNDRQS	6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-----------------User-defined options------------------

Configuring AS/400 for IPDS printing on V4R3

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


CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG(AFP/NETWRKPRT) IPDSPASTHR(*YES) RLSTMR(*SEC15) TEXT('IDATA IPDS DIMM*)/ 

A completed screen looks like this:


PSF Configuration Information 		Page 1

PSF configuration: 	NETWRKPRT 	Library: 	AFP

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :		*NONE

TCP/IP port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :		*NONE

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

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

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

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

Note: The lines in bold in the above screen are not used by PSF/400. Instead, PSF/400 uses the information entered in the device description screen.

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