Lexmark 642TN

Anyone using the Lexmark 642TN to print SCS and/or IPDS? If so then how is it working for you. HP has discontinued the HP4250 and they recommended the HP4015TN. I have been fighting with trying to get it to print SCS and IPDS for about a month and a half. I just got off the phone with IO Corporation about their USB IPDS Card and the tech was telling me that the HP4015TN (The replacement for the HP4250) will not print SCS. He said that IO had outsourced the HP4015TN and that it no longer supported SCS or IPDS. Here is what HP recommends to solved my problem. This is what our guy at Zones sent me.

"HP went out and found this partner to work with (MiNet) and I am assured this solution will also work. I have listed the options below and there are a couple of PDF's attached. "

IAPS 200 - 4 Session Appliance List Price $4475.00

They want me to buy an appliance session license for each of my 200+ Printers. So what I see it the spool file would be generated on the iSeries and sent to the Appliance, Converted from SCS or IPDS and sent to the printer.

I would also have to keep the appliance up to date with any ip changes and other crap.

This is crazy.


Bruce "Hoss" Collins
Project Leader/System i Administration
AAA Cooper Transportation

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