Re: Configuring *LAN printers with *IPDS attachment

> Makes you wonder what you are paying for when the software doesn't even
need to
> be installed for it to work (for the few features they need, like bar
codes and
> OCR).
Barcode dds keywords work fine without an ipds card in a hp pcl printer,
and without PSF.
The Printing IV Redbook page 175 - 181 describes what PSF does, and
when it is needed and when not needed.
I seems it is the AFP functions, sent to a ipds printer that need the
product.
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Handy" <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Configuring *LAN printers with *IPDS attachment


> Marco et al,
>
> >>Isn't
> >> that why IPDS exists?  To
> >> put the intelligence in the printer?
> >
> >I agree but you have to pay for it
>
> Yes, but they already paid for the IPDS attachment for the printer.  What
I
> don't understand is why PSF then becomes a requirement if the work is done
in
> the printer attachment.
>
> To further make the point, when they hook it up and start the writer, they
get
> messages they have exceeded the usage limit of 0 and are in the 71 day
grace
> period.  But if they tell it to continue, it works fine even though PSF is
*not*
> even installed as a licensed program.  (Per DSPLICPGM)
>
> Makes you wonder what you are paying for when the software doesn't even
need to
> be installed for it to work (for the few features they need, like bar
codes and
> OCR).
>
> >> Should it just be configured as a *LAN 3812 PJL?
> >
> >It's exactly what we usually do, of course if the printers
> >are not too many and the printing volume not huge.
> >Otherwise we sugggest to pay the licences and switch to
> >IPDS.
>
> Looks like the direction we'll go is to just add the $100 twinax attach
option
> and continue to use IPDS but without a PSF requirement.  Beats paying
$2500 to
> get a PSF license.  So iSeries print traffic will come in on the twinax
input
> and LAN traffice on the Ethernet, instead of all of it on the Ethernet.  I
> understand that it should auto-switch inputs in this configuration.
>
> Doug
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