Re: AS400 Printing to HP8550 ColorlaserJet

Dear Rick,

If you are at OS/400 V4R5 or later, you can make the following change
immediately. If you are at OS/400 V4R4 or V4R3, you need to add a PTF first.

Edit your OS/400 printer device description by changing your System Driver
Program value from *HPPJLDRV to *IBMSNMPDRV. The OS/400 HP PJL driver
program requires the target printer to support bi-directional PJL including
an ability to respond to the PJL unsolicited status poll. Should a problem
occur within the printer when the IBM server polls it and no PJL response be
forthcoming from the printer, the error condition that you outlined is what
occurs at the IBM server.

All modern JetDirect NIC cards support the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) by default. Using SNMP instead of PJL to manage the
connection with this particular printer might resolve your difficulty.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi
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>Subject: AS400 Printing to HP8550 ColorlaserJet
>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:30:59 -0600
>From: "Rick Carter" <rcarter@Houchensindustries.com>
>To: "Midrange (E-mail)" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>
>I've never had problems printing to the HP laser printers from the AS400
>until now.  I have other laser printers ( HP9000 ) in the building working
>fine but this particular printer will not.
>
>I have the device description set properly, like the other *LAN defined HP
>printers and with the correct IP address, but every time I attempt to start
>the writer, it fails and gives me the standard C or R reply when trying to
>access a device.  I have rechecked the IP address and verified it is
>correct.
>
>I have been successfully able to build a REMOTE OUTQUE to this printer and
>print to it that way but I would prefer to have it defined with a Device
>Description and a true *LAN class setup.
>
>The printer is an HP8550 Colorjet printer with a JetDirect NIC.   Is there
>some onboard setting on the printer I need to change.  The fact it prints
>via the Remote Qutque method makes me suspicious there may be some minor
>setting I need to change.
>
>Anything specific to this particular printer would be appreciated.