Re: IBM 6400 Twinax Remote to Network

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Al,

Did you get your 6400 printer issues worked out?

Steve

Steven Morrison
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Thanks

We had SERVIT come in & replace the twinax card with an ethernet card.
The printer is now connected to a Microsoft network, which has various PCs 

also connected to it, using that network to ultimately reach the 400.

Initially the 400 could not vary on the printer, and gave it 
QPDAV-whatever 
identity ... as soon as I changed QPDAV whatever to a sane name, with 
WRKCFGSTS, the printer identity jumped to another QPDAV # string ... it 
was 
not acceptable to me for the printer to have a different identity each 
day. 
Then my laptop got some windoze software installed that recognizes that 
printer, with a sane name.

I had to power down up the 400 for it to recognize "new" printer.
We have AS/400 model 170 with OS/400 V5 R1

Now the 400 is able to print there, provided my laptop is talking to the 
Internet, has the VPN up, and I click on a work station session that is 
that 
sane printer id.  Other people are also able to release stuff to print 
there, so long as my laptop session has not "timed out" with the Microsoft 

network.  When that happens, I have to reboot my laptop & restart VPN etc.

The plan was to install the same Windoze stuff on bunch other people PC's 
so 
whan me not in this office, anyone in the office there can use the 
printer.

However the print quality is a nightmare.
It is chopping stuff off at approx 8 inches wide.
Some reports rotated sideways with even smaller print.
Vertical alignment is for the birds.

On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:07:13 -0600, John McKee wrote
> Is printer directly network attached, or is it attached through a pc?
>
> If attached by a pc: Does PC have optional LPR/LPD from Microsoft 
> (or somewhree else) installed?  If it does, can you create a device 
> description that matches the printer?  If not, can you install 
> LPR/LPD?  It runs as a service, so no user needs to be logged on to 
> the computer the printer is attached to.
>
> if directly attached to the network:  Can a device description be 
> created for it?
>
> John McKee
>
> Quoting macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > My company is dropping T1 line in vavor of VPN to save $.
> >
> > This means remote printer now connects via Ethernet, using rules on 
PC(s)
> > local to same office, not 400 host settings.  I want it to print same 
as
> > what we used to get ... page form dimensions, CPI, LPI, not chop off 
parts
> > of report, sideways or top or bottom, lose alignment, etc.
> >
> > Through the printer properties setup on PC we selected tractor feed 
which
> > has choices
> > A3; A4; B5(J15); fanfold 8 1/2 x 12 in; letter; legal; US Std 
fanfold ... do
> > any of these even come close to "Print whatever the host 400 sends 
you."?  I
> > am not finding anything remotely like that in the various tabs.  In 
advanced
> > settings, we currently have it with data type: "RAW" WinPrint.
> >
> > Currently there are multiple problems, rendering the quality of 
anything 
it
> > prints, at best, seriously impaired ... here's a list of what I have 
noticed
> > so far:
> >
> > unreliable network connections
> > unreliable portrait vs. landscape
> > unreliable form length, ignoring placement between perforations
> > unreliable control over what belongs on the same page
> > often chopping off right side of report
> > inconsistency of print size
> > over printing where not wanted
> > s_l_o_w print speed
> >
> > -
> > Al Macintyre
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