Re: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer

I have (in the past) printed for management, the Supported Ascii Printers
from the
IBM web site, highlighting the more standard printers, and telling them that
printers not listed may not work with the iSeries, and it may cost them more
money than is being saved, trying to make it work. I have made it clear
to them that this is not a shortcoming of the iSeries or IBM, but that these
"other" printers are usually built only for the Windows market. I have never
had
an arguement from management. They get it. If you are dealing with a large
multi-site operation, get this to upper management to mandate to the remote
sites.
jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <mshaw2456@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: RE: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer


> Vern,
>
> I agree with you there.....It was not my call, it literally happened
Tuesday
> night.  Someone thought they were saving a buck on the purchase price of
the
> printer and what has really happened is they are locked into a one vendor
> solution for the expendable supplies.....
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Shaw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:57 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer
>
> Dell doesn't make any of its own printers. The A920/A960 inkjets are from
> Lexmark. But they made a little change in the cartridge, so that Lexmark
> cartridges don't work, only those sold by Dell. Don't know is this is also
> true of the lasers. It's a little ugly when someone forces you to use ONLY
> their consumables. Fortunately, Dells prices on the inkjet carts is very
> level with places like Staples, etc. Dell is less a manufacturer than a
> distributor these days, even of PCs. Everything is made in China.
>
> Vern
>
> At 06:16 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote:
> >Kirk,
> >
> >Yup, kid tested and dad approved!  Even though the printer says Dell on
the
> >front, I wonder if it is based on a Lexmark print engine????  <VBG>
> >
> >Thanks for the quick response.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Mike Shaw
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirk Goins
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:47 PM
> >To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> >Subject: Re: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer
> >
> >Looks like it's an Lexmark.... Use *LEXOPTRA
> >
> >
> >Now how did I find that...
> >
> >Go to WWW-912.ibm.com (yes that's a dash before the 912)
> >In the top right search box type "support ascii printers xxx"  xxx being
> >Dell or HP or ??
> >
> >You will get a bunch of hits, goto the  "Software Knowledge Base" tab
> >and look for
> >"Support for ASCII Printers from xxx"
> >
> >Use the tables you find there
> >
> >
> >Mike wrote:
> >
> > >Our network folks replaced production H-P printers that were working
via
> a
> > >remote OUTQ as *HP4000.  They were replaced with Dell W5300 laser
> printers.
> > >The end result is that there is no one-to-one Dell printer selections
for
> > >Host Print Transform in the remote OUTQ description and it is causing
> grief
> > >to the users.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I have kept the wolves away from the sled by using a LEXMARKC750 HPT so
> far
> > >and it is working better than the HP4000 HPT.  Has anyone installed
Dell
> > >printers and found a better HPT fit for them?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I am current on the HPT PTFs from IBM at V5R2M0 and no Dell printer
> support
> > >in site.  Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Mike Shaw
> > >
>
>
>
>
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