Re: Activation timer setting on 3812 Lexmark

I don't know if your off-list reply included any reasoning...

But per this post from Rodney Johnson, formerly part of the IBM i printing team:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc/browse_thread/thread/ac498c2f598ca7c7/1bd1927e5fec4079?pli=1

"I would chose PJL last. The reason being no sharing between systems
until there are no RDY files. A single TCP/IP port, so if the printer
stops talking for some reason, you have no way to determine why...just
looks like the writer is hung.

SNMP is better because it allows sharing between files (if you specify
*IBMSHRCNN on the USRDFNOPT attribute of the printer device). SNMP uses
two ports. A data port, and a status port (actual SNMP). This allows
you to know why the printer writer has stopped processing the spooled
file (like out of paper condition, printer offline, etc.)."

HTH,
Charles

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:52 AM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sorry I haven't responded sooner.  I had been waiting for a response from the guy who works on the Lexmark printers.  While I was waiting, I received suggestions off-list.  The one that >appeared< to make the difference was to change the driver from HPPJLDRV to IBMSNMPDRV.  After limited tests, the change seems to be what I needed as the writer does not end, just due to printer time out.  Probably should have looked at that after the issues I had with the Xerox swap-out.

John McKee


-----Original message-----
From: Jack Kingsley iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:51:41 -0500
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Activation timer setting on 3812 Lexmark

Are your sleep timers turned on, on the printer.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 2:28 PM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We are on V5R4.  There are a number of printers attached as 3812 devices.
 None are AFP(*YES).

The writers end periodically.  I have seen this happen due to jams as well
as out of paper.  May be other issyes.

I thought I would look at the activation timer setting.  One printer is set
to 170.  Thought I might try increasing that value.

The help text states:

"Note:  *NOMAX is valid only when DEVCLS(*LAN) and
AFP(*YES), or when are specified."

What does help state for current versions?  Looks like something is missing
in that text, which I have checked twice for accuracy.

Is there any way I can keep the writer from ending when a printer is
ignored for an extended period of time?

John McKee
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