RE: AS400 Printing to HP8550 ColorlaserJet

I just wanted to say that I was listening and I thank you for giving me the
solution to the problem we have been living with for too long.  Does the
same go for V5R1?  We are upgrading this weekend.

Chris Bipes


--- Paul Tykodi <paul@intermate-us.com> wrote:
> 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.
>