RE: configuring tally printer

How is the printer connected?

What are you replying?

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:49 PM
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> Subject: configuring tally printer 
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> 
> I have been attempting to configure a tally printer, using their 
> documentation but obviously something is going wrong.  This 
> is a green bar 
> printer and the device description has the pritner setup for 
> continuous 132, 
> however whenever a job is printed the job displays a message 
> waiting and 
> wants you to load std paper.....which is already loaded.
> 
> Any idea how to get rid of this annoying message?
> 
>  Message . . . . :   Load form type '*STD' device TALLY 
> writer TALLY.  (G B 
> I H 
>    R 
> C)                                                            
>              
>                                                               
>                
>    
>  Cause . . . . . :   The file on output queue TALLY in 
> library QUSRSYS 
> requires 
>    form type '*STD' to be loaded on device TALLY. The form 
> type for the 
> file    
>    was all blanks when '' appears as the form 
> type.                             
>  Possible choices for replying to 
> message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :       
>    G -- Begin processing the current file after loading the form 
> type.          
>    B -- Begin processing the current file after loading and 
> aligning the 
> form   
>      type (no alignment message is sent - same as option 1 on 
> System/36).       
>    I -- Ignore the request to load the form type.  Print the file on 
> the        
>      current formtype (same as option 0 on 
> System/36).                          
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> More... 
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