Re: AS400 Printing to HP8550 ColorlaserJet

Bingo, I'm at V4R4 and (now) it's working!

--- Paul Tykodi <paul@intermate-us.com> wrote:
> Dear Rick,
>
> If you are at OS/400 V4R5 or later, you can make the
> following change
> immediately. If you are at OS/400 V4R4 or V4R3, you need
> to add a PTF first.
>
> Edit your OS/400 printer device description by changing
> your System Driver
> Program value from *HPPJLDRV to *IBMSNMPDRV. The OS/400
> HP PJL driver
> program requires the target printer to support
> bi-directional PJL including
> an ability to respond to the PJL unsolicited status poll.
> Should a problem
> occur within the printer when the IBM server polls it and
> no PJL response be
> forthcoming from the printer, the error condition that
> you outlined is what
> occurs at the IBM server.
>
> All modern JetDirect NIC cards support the Simple Network
> Management
> Protocol (SNMP) by default. Using SNMP instead of PJL to
> manage the
> connection with this particular printer might resolve
> your difficulty.
>
> HTH
>
> Best Regards,
>
> /Paul
> --
> Paul Tykodi
> National Product Manager
> Intermate US Inc.
>
> p: 603-431-0606 x115
> f: 603-436-6432
> E-mail: paul@intermate-us.com
> www.intermate.com
>


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