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If switching from twinax printing to lan connected (ethernet) "ip" printing,
check the IBM Knowledgebase doc
Information on Printers from Various Manufacturers
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/0/b44a2cf4ba778d83862568250053649f?OpenDocument

It will save lots of frustration and hair pulling... Not every printer in the world is supported, mostly
because the mfg put together a cheap piece of c**p with a proprietary driver. Just because it was
free with the pc doesn't make it good.

If the printer has it's own network card, or can connect to a Jet Direct print server (avoid the clones)
then I stay away from iSeries Access connections - it just adds another level of complexity.

Within the listed docs for a mfg, are the commands to create the device descriptions (ip)
It sounds like what you need are *lan definitions and hpt (host print transform).
Be careful of non-ibm (or non-midrange-l) sources of info. In all our subject areas
I've never seen so much blatently false answers to questions as with printing...
The redbooks for IBM Printing are great source material

As for big line printers - ethernet attach - IBM Infoprint 6500 (and other models) work well.

Jim Franz

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