RE: Printers Die for No Reason

We had problems keeping reliable connections to our *LAN printers until we
changed the DEVD drivers to *IBMSNMPDRV.  The devices were originally
defined as *HPPJLDRV, but the SNMP driver seems to handle timeouts better
than PJL.

Perhaps this might help...

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas187a5b328400bbd3786256903007
0431d&rs=110

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-297-2863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Doug Hart
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:38 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Printers Die for No Reason


 
I have good luck with HP printers or other models connecting with HP
JetDirect boxes buy changing the default time out.
Just telnet (easy for a PC DOS window) to the printers ip address.  You
should get a menu.  Look through it for a timeout setting, often the default
will be short 60-90 seconds.  I change it to 300-600 seconds. 

What I find happening is that an ip printer on the LAN will be in use by
some other host (PC printing something) and the 400 can't get the device in
use.  Increasing this value at the printer will tell it to wait much longer
for it to become available.

--
Doug Hart
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sannan Solberg
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:01 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Printers Die for No Reason

I checked these settings in CFGTCP and all appears to be fine.  The problem
still seems to be occurring, though.  Each time I get the same type of
joblog below.  Not that it should matter but both are Lexmark Optra (model N
and model S) printers and I have them setup as RMT printers currently.
After checking supported printers on IBM site, it appears these printers
could be setup as a *LAN type printer (says they support PJL) but which
system driver should I use (*HPPJLDRV?).  Anyone out there have these
printers setup currently?