Re: Setting up IPDS printer

Trying to set up a non-IPDS printer as an IPDS one?

Here's the place to start when it come to setting up a network printer.
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/acf2ee1e9d64b16e8625680b00020389/455975a3bf2ac71e862569f9006ba227

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear the the MFC-7820 is listed on the
"Information on Printers from Brother" document you can get to from
the above document.  Looking at other MFC printers, and the port data
you provided.  It would appear that your brother supports PJL (HP PCL)
and IPP.

Thus, follow the the directions for setting up either one of these
- A *LAN 3812 IPP device description
- A *LAN 3812 PJL device description

Host print transform (HPT) will transform *SCS and *AFPDS data streams
into ASCII before sending them to the printer.

Assuming you are running v5r4, then HPT will support the printing the
the 2D Maxicode barcode that UPS needs.  See the following:
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/79637fb11f0abbc08625667f0069a5e3

Here's an old thread in comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc that discusses IPP vs.
PJL vs SNMP
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc/browse_thread/thread/ac498c2f598ca7c7/1bd1927e5fec4079



HTH,
Charles

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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