Re: Client Access Printer emulation delay

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1st I would recommend all the tcp printer related ptf's (IBM has been fixing
lot's of stuff)see doc V4RxMx PTF Listing for HPT Printing in Support
Line Knowledge Base at http://www.as400service.ibm.com/
Redbook Printing V says to make sure *SPOOL pool has minimum 6meg
memory.    jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Albert" <balbert@bayinfosys.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Client Access Printer emulation delay


> Perhaps the printer is "asleep" and because it is thermal takes some
warmup
> time.  Does local print first time take as long?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sneddon, Jim" <JSneddon@AllstateTicketing.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:41 PM
> Subject: Client Access Printer emulation delay
>
>
> > Our end-users access our AS400 (on V4R4) with a Client Access terminal
> > session and they have a small thermal ticket-printer which is connected
> with
> > a Client Access printer emulation window. This all goes through a NT
> network
> > via TCP/IP to the AS400
> >
> > Whenever the user hits enter in the program that prints the tickets the
> > printer emulation window shows it's little "activity" icon and then it
> takes
> > 15 to 20 seconds for the printer to start printing.  All of the tickets
in
> > the batch after the initial delay come out one after another.
> >
> > If I watch the appropriate outq while this happens everything appears to
> be
> > normal and the output is gone within the first couple of seconds after
> > hitting enter so it doesn't appear to be hanging around in the outq.
> >
> > This happens to workstations in the field connected via 56K dial-up to
our
> > NT network and it happens here in the office on my PC less than 10 feet
> from
> > the 400.
> >
> > On the NT side the Client Access printer emulator prints to the
> > "Generic/Text Only" driver and I've fiddled around with the spool
settings
> > and priorities to no avail.  I can have it go directly without going to
NT
> > spool and it still takes 15 - 20 seconds to print.
> >
> > Just for grins I've tried Mocha, Rhumba, and a couple of more obscure
5250
> > emulation packages and the delay remains.
> >
> > Most of the end-users are on Client Access and I'm on Client Access
> Express
> > 4.3 and the delay is the same.
> >
> > So....
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas???  Is there something I'm missing on the 400 side
> > that could cause the delay ???? or am I stuck with an NT problem...
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jim Sneddon
> > jsneddon@allstateticketing.com
> > Las Vegas, NV
> >
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