Re: Attaching HP Laser Printers to the AS/400

[Bill Robins <brobins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

What we are doing here is using "boat anchor" PC's as the "host" for the 
printers.  One setup is a Compaq 386Sx, twinax attach, DOS PC Support.  This is 
basically a no-cost setup because it uses obsolete equipment and no additional 
charge software.  I prefer it to connecting to the back of a terminal because 
it doesn't use any additional twinax addresses.

The magic besides using them as 400 printers is using them as networked 
printers.  Client Access can access them fine and you will be able to use them 
as if they were directly attached.

Bill

> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:19:03 -0400
> From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
> Subject: Attaching HP Laser Printers to the AS/400
>
> Hi Folks !
>
> New job, new environment, not where it needs to be but will get there
> EVENTUALLY :-)
>
> Need to find a GOOD way to attach HP laser printers to the AS/400.
>
> We DO NOT have a network (yet) and we are NOT running TCP/IP (yet)  -
> was doing both of these at my last job and miss that here... - just have
> "good 'ole twinax" here...
>
> We have HP 4's, 5's and one BIG  HP 5 SI...
>
> We are using Decision Data  terminals (when they work...) and I have
> managed to attach any one of the above mentioned printers to a DD and
> get it to print, with mixed results...
>
> >From there it gets murky. There are a TON of different parameters for
> printing to configure on the terminal and some are obvious choices, some
> are not.
>
> I'm wondering if it would just be easier to get the terminal out of the
> mix and "direct connect" these printers to the AS/400 and was wanting to
> know what others had done along these lines.
>
> Thanks in advance !
>
> Chuck
>

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