Re: Printer Config Help - Apple Lasers

Dear Michael,

The AS/400 *LAN device description requires that a target laser printer support 
Printer Job Language (PJL) commands. This command facility was developed by HP 
starting with the HP III si printer to control some of the hardware environment 
configuration (ex. output bins) of their printers. From your description of the 
Apple Laser printers that you have onsite, it doesn't sound like they support 
PJL.

If this is the case, you will be required to use LPR/LPD on the AS/400, via a 
remote output queue, to send information to the Apple laser printers. You will 
need to know the queue name within the onboard Ethernet adapter that LPR 
information should be forwarded to. It could have a name like pr1 or raw1. You 
will need to put this name in the remote printer queue name parameter on the 
AS/400. Please be advised that this parameter is case sensitive. Lower case 
values must be enclosed in single quotation marks.

You can then use the HP III driver on the AS/400 as the host print transform 
manufacturer type and model choice for converting the data that will be sent 
through the remote output queue to the Apple laser printer. 

Hope this helps.

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi, Technical Director                 E-mail: pault@praim.com
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Date:   Fri, 05 Mar 1999 15:01:54 -0600
From:   Michael Dorr <dorrma@mail.bay.k12.fl.us>
Subject:        Printer Config Help

I need to configure several models of Apple laser printer to print from the 
400.  The printers include 16/600 PS, Elite 12/600, and 8500.  We are connected 
to all remote facilities via TCP/IP.
We run approx 90 Lexmark OPTRA series printers, which are configured as *LAN 
TCP/IP ASCII printers using CRTDEVPRT.  We have had few problems with this 
config setup.
The IBM support line suggested setting the OPTRAs up with CRTDEVPRT as opposed 
to creating a TCP/IP LPR Remote Writer.  I would like to set the Apple printers 
up in a similar manner.
On the 12/600, a config printout shows an LPD port of 515, TCP port 3300, 
Telnet port 23.  It also indicates that it is functioning in PCL mode only.  It 
also indicates that it emulates an HPIII D printer.  The IBM support folks said 
that they need the type/make of network card and remote print queue value.  The 
only net connection I can see is an ethernet twisted-pair transceiver.  As for 
a rmtprtq, I haven't got a clue.
Is it possible to set these up using a *LAN type config?  Is there any 
additional info that I need to supply?
Any Help/direction would be greatly appreciated!

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