Re: Xerox 5135 drawer select

Several issues that I glossed over, which is probably a part of the
problem. Original WSCST was for HP. Named HP5SI. Does forced
portrait. No tray select.

The particular 5135 has plain paper in tray 3 (and 4). With no WSCST
at all, printer wants the bypass tray. Looking at the printer config,
bypass as well as drawers 3 and 4 show 8.5 x 11 plain paper. Lexmark
printers link trays of same size and type. Seems reasonable that this
Xerox should do likewise. One thing I can't get access to on this
printer, assuming it has the capability, is tray priority. Seems
questionable to make the bypass tray the first tray to draw from and
not draw from the other drawers. Windows works with this just fine.
I suspect the Windows driver is a bit smarter, otherwise there would
have been much hollering.

There are a few Lexoptra wscsts. Not sure what they do. Nice thing
about comments is they can make life easier. Most wscst sources have
no comments at all in them.

I started with *HP4, so the HP%SI wscst was not far off. Switched to
*HP5, with same wscst. Then converted to LEXOPTRAT. Nothing changed
where paper was drawn from. Always the bypass tray. Nobody knew,
apparently, as tray was always open and had 8.5 x 11 loaded. I do not
know, first hand, what this 5135 does with a print job from a Windows
computer. The bypass tray always being open does make me wonder
though. Maybe it never draws from trays 3 and 4. I was here when a
FAX came in. No idea where that drew paper.

Next step, I believe, is to look at the specific wscst for a LEXOPTRAT.

John McKee

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John,

I see you have been back & forth on the config so pardon me if you've
already
done these steps:
Obviously (imho) if this 5135 pulls plain paper from drawer 3, and other
5135's do not,
then that's an override in the control panel of the printer. (I had a
similar issue
with a Ricoh recently-all the same except 1).
Therefore your wscst needs to treat a request from drawer 1 with the value
of drawer 3.
(btw - did you mention how the other 5135's configured on the system?

Your phrase "To create the WSCST, I used an existing WSCST.  The existing
one
forced portrait, which was also what was requested in this area." brings
questions..

The WSCST needs to be created from the same mfrtypmdl as your devd. So
if *LEXOPTRAT is mfrtypmdl, then do the rtvwscst command to get the base
source for that model to then modify.. You will most likely never be
successful with
a lexoptrat devd and a hp4 wscst.(pardon me if you already have this
straight)

The IBM doc Information on Printers from Xerox is your friend
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1cc6ee2005999a36d862569c100796da4
For WorkCentre 5135
*mfrtypmdl = *lexoptrat or *hp4 (with the corresponding *wscst
LPR = Y
PJL = N (so you cannot use the IBMPJLDRV or HPPJLDRV...
SNMP=Y - use IBMSNMPDRV
IPP = N

This doc from IBM snmp connections read the paragraph on Xerox printers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas194e73364f979e388862569030071c398
it describes verifying the snmp port is enabled on the printer .
This could be why prev snmp attempt went to PND.

Finally - IBM doc "Drawer Redirection for Xerox Document Centre Printers"
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas188991fbe614557e686256bcd0055ed32
read it all - has both an old & new way to do drawer 3...

And another in case your WorkCentre Xerox is diff than "Document Centre"
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1bbf048cc51f9d5b8c1256acd00555574
Drawer Redirection for HP PCL5 compatible printers (use the *HP4 mfrtypmdl
it's very imformative on the issues.

Good luck,
Jim Franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "John McKee" <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Xerox 5135 drawer select


No.  We have other 5135s here.  They work.  This one is odd that the
plain paper is in drawer 3.  But, otherwise, nothing unusual.  I keep
thinking there is something odd about the specific printer.  The
on-site Xerox rep says it is (his words, not mine) "an AS/400 issue".
I just wanted to make sure I had tried everything possible so he can't
blame it on "the AS/400".  I can't imagine what else could be done,
thus my asking the gurus.  Changing to LEXOPTRAT was a worthwhile
change.  I wish the results had been different.  (Definition of
insanity: do the same thing multiple times expecting different
results).  Xerox guy won't be back until Monday.

John McKee

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John,

Have you called IBM? I got to a young lady the other day who was
relatively
helpful. If you call after 2 PM, you'll very likely get connected to
Boulder
instead of Delhi.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKee
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Xerox 5135 drawer select

Just tried IBMPJLDRV HPPJLDRV. and IBMIPPDRV. ALL resulted in a
spool file status of PND, finally resulting in "Remote device rejected
an attempt..." I did not try NETSTNDRV.

John McKee

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Which driver are you using ?

On 2/29/2012 11:50 AM, John McKee wrote:

Stopped writer, varied off DEVD, changed the DEVD to use MFR
*LEXOPTRAT., varied back on and started writer.

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