RE: Printer Configuration Not Working -- MIDRANGE-L

I just looked at the user manual for StarTech PM1115P. You can talk to it with a browser and you can configure it as an IPP device which means you can configure it (the printer attached to it) as a device on your i.

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 9:32 AM
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Subject: RE: Printer Configuration Not Working

Charles,

I'm not a network guru ala Larry, Pete, Jim and Rob (say, haven't heard from Rob in awhile; where is he?). Apparently the print server software has to be installed on each PC that wants to use it. The owner of the company, for example, cannot "see" the printer in Win7, but he can print System i reports to it.

All I know is that, since we do not have a network server, the manual said that the software had to be installed on the client (local) PC. The configuration on my PC points to the IP address of the print server, which is just some little box (a little bigger than a dongle) plugged into the printer's parallel port.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:29 AM
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Subject: Re: Printer Configuration Not Working

Jerry,

This doesn't make much sense...

The StarTech is a print server....you don't need a Windows server acting as a print server also.

Charles

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Finally solved the problem - but only after RTFM for the StarTech.com

server.

Since we do *not* have a Windows server, the printer was configured as
a local, not a network printer. Which meant that I had to use Client
Access to configure it just as if it was directly attached to my PC's
parallel port.

The potential downside is that I have to start the device at my PC,
rather than be *always* available.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad, you will leave

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Burnet
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:34 PM
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Subject: RE: Printer Configuration Not Working

Jerry,
I have a 4050 connected and working with:
Manufacturer type and model . . . . . : *HP4000

If V5R1 has the *hp4000 driver you might try that.

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From: Jerry C. Adams [mailto:midrange@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:21 AM
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Subject: RE: Printer Configuration Not Working

A little more experimenting (since I obviously don't know what I'm
doing I'm kinda limited to experimentation-mode).

I deleted the device description which, apparently, also deleted the
output queue. Recreated the device description (using the CL below).
After starting the writer, WRKCFGSTS showed status of Active/Writer.
Test print did *not* print (Status = RDY).

Next, I tried to print a test page from both TextPad and NotePad.
Both failed to print. Canceled them from the PC's writer (or whatever
it is).

However, WORD and Excel documents print. But the writer on the System
i goes to END status and WRKCFGSTS simply shows Varied On. Test pages
from TextPad and NotePad will now print.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
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Subject: RE: Printer Configuration Not Working

I don't know what it's telling me, but I see this error six [6] times
in the job logs, all with the same time stamp.

I double-checked the IP address (10.1.10.199) and port (9100) through
the Windows printer properties.

*NONE Request 06/30/11 08:04:56
QWTSCSBJ *N QCMD QSYS 0173
Message . . . . : -CALL
QSYS/QSPWTRM1

CPD337C Diagnostic 40 06/30/11 08:08:13
QWPPJLDR QSYS *STMT QWPPJLDR QSYS *STMT
From module . . . . . . . . :
WPPJLDR

From procedure . . . . . . :
Socket_Recv
Statement . . . . . . . . . : 25

To module . . . . . . . . . :
WPPJLDR

To procedure . . . . . . . :
_C_pep

Statement . . . . . . . . . : *N

Message . . . . : The session
with device CR ended abnormally.
Cause . . . . . : The session
with the device at RMTLOCNAME 10.1.10.199
ended abnormally. Recovery . . .
:
Check for problems in the network or
at the remote device. Start the
printer writer again. If the problem

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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to serve posterity. What has posterity ever done for us? - Sir Boyle
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:28 AM
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Subject: Re: Printer Configuration Not Working

Nice documentation!

At that point, I would do WRKJOB (writername), and view the joblog for
any of the ended jobs. Something in there should stand out for you.
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"Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am having trouble getting a LAN printer configured and working as a
System i printer. The information below may be overkill, but I'm at a
loss as to how to proceed. We are on V5R1, and I can print to the
printer (HP LaserJet
4050) from PC programs. So I thought we could use it as a System i
(AS/400)
printer. Maybe I'm in error, but.

I created the outq:

CRTOUTQ OUTQ(QUSRSYS/CR) AUTOSTRWTR(1) MFRTYPMDL(*IBM3812)

I created the device description:

PGM

DLTDEVD DEVD(CR)

MONMSG MSGID(CPF2105)

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

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

ONLINE(*YES) FONT(011 *NONE) +

FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +

PRTERRMSG(*INQ) MSGQ(QUSRSYS/AJERRY) +

ACTTMR(170) INACTTMR(*SEC15) +

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

STOPBITS(1) TRANSFORM(*YES) +

MFRTYPMDL(*HP4000) PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +

PPRSRC2(*MFRTYPMDL) ENVELOPE(*MFRTYPMDL) +

ASCII899(*NO) IMGCFG(*NONE) +

CHRID(*SYSVAL) RMTLOCNAME('10.1.10.199') +

SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN +

*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK) +

TEXT('Conference Room')

GRTOBJAUT OBJ(CR) OBJTYPE(*DEVD) USER(QTCP) AUT(*EXCLUDE)

CHGOBJOWN OBJ(CR) OBJTYPE(*DEVD) NEWOWN(AJERRY)

ENDPGM

iNav's Work Management for outqueue CR shows 1 writer started.

WRKWTR shows writer CR with a status of STR and the test print is
visible when I use option 8 (Work with output queue). Option 5 (Work
with)
shows:

Writer . . . . . . . : CR User . . . . . . . . :
QSPLJOB

Number . . . . . . . : 025610

Started by user . . . . . . . . . . . : AJERRY

Status:

Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : N

Waiting on message . . . . . . . . . : N

Held . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : N

End pending . . . . . . . . . . . . : N

Hold pending . . . . . . . . . . . . : N

Between files . . . . . . . . . . . : Y

Between copies . . . . . . . . . . . : N

Waiting for data . . . . . . . . . . : N

Waiting for device . . . . . . . . . : N

On job queue . . . . . . . . . . . . : N

File being written . . . . . . . . . . :

File number . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Job that created file . . . . . . . . :

User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Page being written . . . . . . . . . :

Total pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Copies left to produce . . . . . . . :

Total copies . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CR

Printer device type . . . . . . . . . : *SCS

Number of separators . . . . . . . . . : *FILE

Drawer for separators . . . . . . . . : *DEVD

Allow direct print . . . . . . . . . . : *NO

Align page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *WTR

Initialize Printer . . . . . . . . . . : *WTR

Output queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CR

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QUSRSYS

Output queue status . . . . . . . . . : RELEASED

Form type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *ALL

Message option . . . . . . . . . . . : *INQMSG

Automatically end writer . . . . . . . : *NO

Message queue . . . . . . . . . . . . : AJERRY

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QUSRSYS

Changes pending:

Next output queue . . . . . . . . . :

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Next form type . . . . . . . . . . . :

Message option . . . . . . . . . . :

Next file separators . . . . . . . . :

Next separator drawer . . . . . . . :

Changes take effect . . . . . . . . :

WRKOUTQ shows:

Queue Library Files Writer Status

CR QUSRSYS 1 CR RLS

Option 5 (Work with) shows:

File User User Data Sts Pages Copies Form Type
Pty

QPSUPRTF AJERRY RDY 1 1 *STD
5

Option 9 (Work with printing status) shows:

Status Description

This file is not associated with a started printer.

When I then use WRKWTR CR's status is END, whereas earlier it was STR.
So I
started it.

Then the Work with printing status shows (Status is pending).

While typing parts of this message, the writer's status went to END.

In the past all I have ever had to do was create a device description.
The
output queue mysteriously (to me, anyway) gets created and everything
(usually) works fine (with a little fine tuning on some rare
occasions).

Thanks.

Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

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