Re: Lexmark T622 ipds over IP very close to working - but

Dear Mark,

In order to keep the number of parameters in the OS/400 Create Device
Printer (CRTDEVPRT) command to a reasonable number, IBM offers a
supplementary set of configuration parameters just for IPDS printers that
are stored in a PSF Configuration Object. The command to create the object
is CRTPSFCFG. You will find one of the parameters that you can set in the
PSF Configuration Object is the release timer. The default value is *NOMAX
which means the iSeries host always keeps the TCP socket open while the
writer is started. This is the condition you mentioned where the iSeries
never releases the printer.

When you change the value in the the release timer parameter to *SEC15,
*SEC30, or a number of whole minutes, the OS/400 operating system will close
the TCP socket connection to the printer when there are no spool files in
the ready status in the queue and the timer expires. The writer will remain
started and a new spool file entering the queue will cause OS/400 to
reconnect the socket so that the file can be printed automatically.

After you have created your PSF configuration object, you can link it to a
printer device description through the User Defined Object field in the
printer device description by specifying its name, library, and the object
type *PSFCFG.

In the Lexmark printer, you sometimes need to set its internal IPDS release
timeout to a value 5 to 10 seconds greater than the iSeries based release
timer value in order to have the protocol switching occur smoothly and the
LAN jobs print as expected.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi
National Product Manager
LCI Intermate US Inc.

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>From: "Mark A. Manske" <mmanske@minter-weisman.com>
>To: "MIDRANGE-L \(E-mail\)" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>Subject: Lexmark T622 ipds over IP very close to working - but
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:09:23 -0500
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>
>We have just put in a new t622 with the ipds "simm" option.
>
>I can print out what I need to, and the spool file goes to save, the device
>and the writer stay active -
>
>I configured on AS/400 as an *ipds device so the only timeout
>option is for forcing last page, not any keep alive parms;
>
>the printer flashes the message "busy network ipds",
>if I release another print job, it just goes fine;
>however when I try to release a PC printout, it locks,
>and cannot print (like the as/400 has a lock on the device)
>we are at V5R1, and I just ordered a week ago and put on/ipl'd over
>this weekend current cum/db/hyper/and some others that I am not sure of.
>
>The Lexmark has many settings that do not seem to make this go away,
>only make it worse if I change them (ie: writer ends after each job)
>
>Anyone else out there been able to print ipds over IP and have the printer
>shared between all network devices (playing nicely together)
>
>TIA
>
>Mark A. Manske
>Fleming CSD - Plymouth Division
>Sr. Project Lead
>Phone      (763) 545-3700 extension 273
>Web Site  http://www.minter-weisman.com
>E-Mail      mailto:mmanske@minter-weisman.com