RE: Ignore *SYSTEM state of objects?? Search 400 article.

I know what you mean.

Back in 96, my old company was brand new to the AS/400.  One of the printers
we were using was the new 4247 with dual tractors and connected via twinax.

We used the 4247 in our Accounting department, one tractor had our AP checks
loaded and the other had greenbar.  Given the weight and stiffness of the AP
checks, we didn't want them loaded on the back tractor with it's U-shaped
path.  Instead we wanted the checks to print from the front tractor and the
greenbar on the back.

However, v3r7 of OS/400 didn't offer anyway to define the 4247 printer with
the default tractor as the rear.  IBM supported walked me through a hex edit
in STRSST of I believe the printer *DEVD to allow it to default to the rear
tractor.

It was quite interesting <grin>

I like to think I'm at least a little responsible for the FORMFEED(*CONT2)
option ;-)

Charles
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:10 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: Ignore *SYSTEM state of objects?? Search 400 article.
> 
> 
> I'm not commenting one way or the other as to whether or not 
> that works, but
> you had better be pretty careful messing with stuff like that 
> I would think.
> 
> YEARS ago we had problems with Control Units acting up, 
> hanging, etc and IBM
> Support walked me through resetting things "deep in the 
> system" via Service
> Tools and it was something else :-)
> 
> Chuck
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Ignore *SYSTEM state of objects?? Search 400 article.
> 
> Is it just me, or does this strike anybody else as being 
> "wrong".  That that
> it can't be done, but that it shouldn't.
> 
> http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid3_gci958399,00
> .html?track=NL
> -177&ad=479700
> 
> Anybody with more experience in this area care to comment?
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles
> 
> 
> 
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