RE: How do I find the model of a Printer?

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Booth,

The last 4234 was withdrawn from marketing in 1994, according to IBM's
sales manual.  So I would imagine that your assumption is correct and
that it was configured as it was to maintain compatibility with the S/36
software.

To confuse things further, I believe that all of the 4234 printers
supported 12 CPI, so the AS/400 drivers should allow this.  You may need
to redefine the printer on the AS/400 or you may need to reconfigure the
printer at its control panel.  Unless you can locate some shipping or
order documents which would list the model, I can't think of how to
determine this information without having someone look at the machine.

It's hard to RTFM when you don't know the model.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Subject: How do I find the model of a Printer?
>
>
> An old Sys/36 printer was replaced by a new IBM printer 3 years ago.
> It is
> not in the same place I am so I can't just walk over and look at it.
> WRKDEVD says the printer is a 4234 printer.  Can this be so?  I have
> the
> feeling that this printer is in fact far more capable than a 4234
> printer
> but was configured as a 4234 to insure no problems with the Sys/36
> applications still running on the iSeries.
>
> What has started me on this issue is that I wish to print 12 cpi and I
> am
> getting hardware halts saying that 12 cpi is unsupported.  I can not
> believe
> a brand new printer manufactured by IBM in 1999 is incapable of
> printing 12
> cpi.
>
> Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Even "RTFM"
> if you
> d also tell me which manual.