Re: Setting up IPDS printer

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron,

We have 2 Brother devices.  Here is the RTVCFGSRC for each in case they're
helpful.

Brother MFC-8860dn:

CRTDEVPRT  DEVD(P3) +
             DEVCLS(*LAN) +
             TYPE(3812) +
             MODEL(1) +
             LANATTACH(*IP) +
             PORT(9100) +
             ATTACH(*DIRECT) +
             ONLINE(*YES) +
             FONT(011 *NONE) +
             FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) +
             SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +
             PRTERRMSG(*INFO) +
             MSGQ(*LIBL/QSYSOPR) +
             ACTTMR(170) +
             INACTTMR(*SEC15) +
             LINESPEED(19200) +
             WORDLEN(8) +
             PARITY(*NONE) +
             STOPBITS(1) +
             TRANSFORM(*YES) +
             MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) +
             PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +
             PPRSRC2(*LETTER) +
             ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10) +
             ASCII899(*NO) +
             IMGCFG(*NONE) +
             CHRID(*SYSVAL) +
             RMTLOCNAME('192.168.0.103') +
             USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) +
             SYSDRVPGM(*IBMSNMPDRV) +
             PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK +
             (*UNKNOWN)) +
             TEXT('Brother MFC-8860DN')

Brother DCP-8045d:

CRTDEVPRT  DEVD(P4) +
             DEVCLS(*LAN) +
             TYPE(3812) +
             MODEL(1) +
             LANATTACH(*IP) +
             PORT(9100) +
             ATTACH(*DIRECT) +
             ONLINE(*YES) +
             FONT(011 *NONE) +
             FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) +
             SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +
             PRTERRMSG(*INFO) +
             MSGQ(*LIBL/QSYSOPR) +
             ACTTMR(170) +
             INACTTMR(*SEC15) +
             LINESPEED(19200) +
             WORDLEN(8) +
             PARITY(*NONE) +
             STOPBITS(1) +
             TRANSFORM(*YES) +
             MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) +
             PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +
             PPRSRC2(*LETTER) +
             ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10) +
             ASCII899(*NO) +
             IMGCFG(*NONE) +
             CHRID(*SYSVAL) +
             RMTLOCNAME('192.168.0.104') +
             USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) +
             SYSDRVPGM(*IBMSNMPDRV) +
             PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK +
             (*UNKNOWN)) +
             TEXT('Brother DCP-8045D')


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> First off let me say I am out of my knowledgable area on the IBMi with
> printers (haven't done operations in over 10yrs :-).  With that said...
>
> I am trying to setup a networked IPDS printer so I can print UPS labels on
> a
> V5R3 machine.  The printer is a Brother MFC 7820N.  I was successful at
> setting up a networked non-IPDS printer via iNav and it prints ASCII spool
> files just fine (i.e. the test print page).  The printer isn't a label
> printer because I thought it wouldn't really matter given it is just a
> print
> stream needing to make it's way onto some form of paper medium, correct?
>
> Running nmap gave me the following open ports and services on the printer:
>
> 21 - ftp
> 23 - telnet
> 80 - http
> 515 - printer
> 631 - ipp
> 9100 - jetdirect
>
> Here is a video of my attempt: http://screencast.com/t/ZTk4NWQ1O
>
> Can I use this printer to print non-ASCII spool files?
> Can you see anything I am doing wrong?
>
> Aaron Bartell
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