HP 8100 Printer

Howard:

Try defining a separate out queue with Remote System (*INTNETADR),
Connection Type(*IP).  I can send you more detailed set up if you need it.
But the long and short of it is do not create a *LAN device.  Just set up
the remote out queue, and specify HOST PRINT TRANSFORM (HPT)(*YES) if you
want to print IPDS "stuff" on it.

Warning, you might lose some of the "drawer" capabilities when set up this
way.  What we did is hook up two out queues to one printer.  One is a *LAN
device, the other we use when we need to print overlays, is the out queue
described above using HPT.

David Smith
Tri-State Hospital Supply Corp.
IT Consultant
dsmith@tshsc.com
517.546.5400


On May 2002 14:01:41  Weatherly, Howard wrote:

We have an HP8100 printer that is network attached and I have defined a CA
session and created a device for the printer and that part worked fine.
However the good folks forgot to mention that this printer needs to print
APU IPDS stuff so those reports just sit in the queue waiting for the
printer to be IPDS capable.

Meanwhile I attempted to define an IPDS printer using the IP address and
other things related to the 8100 but no joy, the device attempts to start
but quits immediately. I suspect for one thing that I needed to get rid of
the other device that I created for a standard ASCII device and did not! now
I can't get the original device to come alive, I get the message "Printer
powered off or not yet available" (according to the operator, the printer
was in power save mode)

So I guess I have two questions, what diabolical deed did I do to screw up
the original definition ? and
How can I get an 8100 to do IPDS work?

    Howard Weatherly
       Systems Advisor
Computer Task Group, Inc.

hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil
Howard_weatherly@ameritch.net
Howard.Weatherly@ctg.com