RE: HP4050

["William A.\(Tony\) Corbett" <corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,
Here's some more info:

The 4050 has had the IPDS chip removed, I believe it was hooked up as a CA
printer before, or maybe twinax?  They stole the IPDS chip to be used
somewhere else and set it up on the network.  And, it's on a Jetdirect box,
I believe.  As I said, it's in a remote branch and I can't get to it
directly.
I've been "playing" around with the lpi and cpi on the Ovrprtf and I just
haven't been able to come up with a consistent combination, so far.
Jim, I'd really appreciate that WCST...thanks.
I've been able, in the past, to avoid messing with a WCST.  With all these
network-attached printers we're being bombarded with, looks like I need to
develop a new "skill".
The AS400 devd:

                   Change Device Desc (Printer) (CHGDEVPRT)

Type choices, press Enter.

Device description . . . . . . . > CANPRT        Name
Port number  . . . . . . . . . .   9100          0-65535, *SAME
Online at IPL  . . . . . . . . .   *YES          *SAME, *YES, *NO
Font:
  Identifier . . . . . . . . . .   011           *SAME, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13,
18...
  Point size . . . . . . . . . .   *NONE         000.1-999.9, *SAME, *NONE
Form feed  . . . . . . . . . . .   *AUTOCUT      *SAME, *TYPE, *CONT...
Separator drawer . . . . . . . .   *FILE         1-255, *SAME, *FILE
Separator program  . . . . . . .   *NONE         Name, *SAME, *NONE
  Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
Printer error message  . . . . .   *INFO         *SAME, *INQ, *INFO
Message queue  . . . . . . . . .   BROOKS        Name, *SAME, *CTLD, *SYSOPR
  Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     *LIBL       Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
Activation timer . . . . . . . .   2500          1-2550, *SAME, *NOMAX
Inactivity timer . . . . . . . .   *SEC30        1-30, *SAME, *ATTACH...
Line speed . . . . . . . . . . .   19200         *SAME, *TYPE, 150, 300...
Word length  . . . . . . . . . .   8             *SAME, *TYPE, 7, 8
Type of parity . . . . . . . . .   *NONE         *SAME, *TYPE, *EVEN,
*ODD...
Stop bits  . . . . . . . . . . .   1             *SAME, *TYPE, 1, 2
Host print transform . . . . . .   *YES          *SAME, *NO, *YES
Manufacturer type and model  . .   *HP4000
Paper source 1 . . . . . . . . .   *LETTER       *SAME, *MFRTYPMDL,
*LETTER...
Paper source 2 . . . . . . . . .   *LETTER       *SAME, *MFRTYPMDL,
*LETTER...
Envelope source  . . . . . . . .   *NONE         *SAME, *MFRTYPMDL...
ASCII code page 899 support  . .   *NO           *SAME, *NO, *YES
Image configuration  . . . . . .   *NONE         *SAME, *NONE, *IMGA01...
Character identifier:
  Graphic character set  . . . .   *SYSVAL       1-32767, *SAME, *SYSVAL
  Code page  . . . . . . . . . .                 1-32767
 Remote location:
   Name or address  . . . . . . .   '192.168.10.221'
 User-defined options . . . . . .   *SAME         Character value, *SAME,
*NONE
                + for more values
 User-defined object:
   Object . . . . . . . . . . . .   *NONE         Name, *SAME, *NONE
     Library  . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
   Object type  . . . . . . . . .                 *DTAARA, *DTAQ, *FILE...
 Data transform program . . . . .   *NONE         Name, *SAME, *NONE
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
 System driver program  . . . . .   *HPPJLDRV
 Text 'description' . . . . . . .   *BLANK
 Workstation customizing object     *NONE         Name, *SAME, *NONE
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
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Original post:

Hi,
Anyone with any words of wisdom on getting a HP4050 printing correctly?  We
just attached this printer to the network as a network printer and one user
prints some 9x11 reports which just won't line up right.  I've tried
changing the printer file in all the ways I can think of and I just can't
get it to work consistently.

All of us have seen it, first page runs over and then you'll get a
combination of blank pages and real short pages.

Another problem is that it's a remote location, so I can't run back and
forth from the desk to the printer to use the "try this, try that" method.

If anyone has some perls of wisdom, please share
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Thanks for all your tips and advice.

William A.(Tony) Corbett
CBT400 - Technical Consultant
IBM Certified Specialist-AS/400 Developer
http://www.cbt400.com
corbett@cbt400.com
770-587-4812 (no answer forwards to mobile)
fax:  404-663-473