RE: hp2055 overlay/micr printing issue

Try adding memory to the printer. That may have been your problem in the first place.

The printer will store the overlay in memory if there's enough. Otherwise, it will download the overlay every page. If it doesn't have enough memory for the whole overlay, it will ask for the overlay in sections and print it one section at a time. The i has better things to do than respond to a printer repeatedly, so it may not respond within the printer timeout. BTW, the printer probably is also storing the MICR font in the same memory.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tim
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:32 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: hp2055 overlay/micr printing issue

I tried with the new settings and it works great.

The only issue I am having now is printing the document with the overlay.
Its verrrry slow...

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:16 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: hp2055 overlay/micr printing issue

Not sure what variations you've tried, but the IBM Knowledge Base lists the HP2055 recommended HPT as *HP5SI (not the hp4000 you have used).
I've had much better results with their recommendations.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1ba0863cfa6463903862569c100
78c903

Also, in the printer itself, check if a timeout value (almost always have to

increase it).
Have also had good results with the snmp option (driver pgm *IBMSNMPDRV) - other parms are the same.

Finally, have you replaced a printer that had decent memory with one with very limited memory?

Jim Franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "tim" <tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 12:25 PM
Subject: hp2055 overlay/micr printing issue

I added an HP2055dn to our iseries to print checks. The device is
configured
as follows:



CRTDEVPRT DEVD(HP2055230) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) +

LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100) ATTACH(*DIRECT) ONLINE(*YES) +

FONT(011 *NONE) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +

PRTERRMSG(*INQ) MSGQ(*CTLD) ACTTMR(170) INACTTMR(*SEC15) +

LINESPEED(19200) WORDLEN(8) PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) +

TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP4000) PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +

PPRSRC2(*NONE) ENVELOPE(*NONE) ASCII899(*YES) +

IMGCFG(*IMGA02) CHRID(*SYSVAL) RMTLOCNAME('192.168.0.230') +

SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT('HP Laserjet P2055dn .230') +

PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK +

(*UNKNOWN))



The external printer file uses both a fntchrset for the micr font along
with
an overlay for headings and such (no logos).



Prior to printing I issue:

CHGPRTF FILE(APCHKPRTP) FRONTOVL(APLIB/APCHKOVL *SAME *SAME)
OUTQ(HP2055230) hold(*yes)



I am having 2 problems. The first being that the printer pauses after
printing X number of pages. The spool file has 12 pages, it printed 2 then
paused, then 3 more and paused, etc.



The second problem is that when it first starts printing, I get a CPA403D
(Operator action required on device HP2055230 (C R)) message in which I
respond with an "R". When the checks print, it doesn't print the micr
font.
It prints the raw data (C999391C A990091998A 99009998C). If I then try to
reprint from the same spool file, it prints correctly.



Can anyone shed some light on either of these issues?



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