Re: HP M652dn printer - not printing entire spool file

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All 3 recommended mfrtypmdl for the m603 are for b&w printers.

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 8:40 PM midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I would suggest your choice for the mfrtypmdl is not good for this reason:
>
> M652dn Enterprise is a color printer , as was the previous printer it
> replaced.
>
> M605 which you saw as "close to the same number" is black and white, but is
> Enterprise.
> I've never had success using a b&w mfrtypmdl for a color printer, or visa
> versa.
>
> This is more like the M553dn Enterprise and the M750dn Enterprise
>
> I would use the  *LEXMARKC750 or *HPCOLORLJ  - I had someone from IBM tell
> me years ago at Common that if they recommend multiple mfrtypmdls in the
> online doc, the 1st one is the "most recommended..." - try them out.
>
> Btw - the only time I've seen spooling where the printer did not complete
> the printing, but the system spool was in SAV status (which indicates the
> printer buffer accepted the whole spool) was if an operator, changing
> paper,
> hit a "clear" button...
>
> Jim Franz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Jeff
> Crosby
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:29 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: HP M652dn printer - not printing entire spool file
>
> All,
>
> Background
> ==========
>
> IBM i 7.3, current on PTFs.  We use FormSprint to generate color invoices.
>
> We recently replaced an HP CP4025dn printer with an HP M652dn because the
> old printer has had it.
>
> For the new printer, I literally varied off the device, made 2 changes to
> the device description, and varied it on.  The 2 changes were to the TEXT
> and MFRTYPMDL parms.  A RTVCFGSRC of the new device description looks like
> this:
>
> CRTDEVPRT  DEVD(HP1) +
>              DEVCLS(*LAN) +
>              TYPE(3812) +
>              MODEL(1) +
>              LANATTACH(*IP) +
>              PORT(9100) +
>              ATTACH(*DIRECT) +
>              ONLINE(*YES) +
>              FONT(011 *NONE) +
>              FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) +
>              SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +
>              PRTERRMSG(*INFO) +
>              MSGQ(*LIBL/PRTMSGS) +
>              ACTTMR(170) +
>              INACTTMR(*SEC15) +
>              LINESPEED(19200) +
>              WORDLEN(8) +
>              PARITY(*NONE) +
>              STOPBITS(1) +
>              TRANSFORM(*YES) +
>              MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) +
>              PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +
>              PPRSRC2(*LETTER) +
>              ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10) +
>              ASCII899(*NO) +
>              IMGCFG(*NONE) +
>              CHRID(*SYSVAL) +
>              RMTLOCNAME('192.168.0.181') +
>              USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) +
>              SYSDRVPGM(*IBMSNMPDRV) +
>              TEXT('HP M652dn (HP1)') +
>              PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK +
>              (*UNKNOWN))
>
> The MFRTYPMDL of the old CP4025 printer was *LEXMARKC750 because that's
> what
> this page:
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019534
>
> recommended.  The new printer, M652dn, is not listed.  The closest I could
> find was M603dn which suggested a MFRTYPMDL of *RICOHAP3200 or *HP5SI or
> *HP4000.
> I picked *HP5SI just because.
>
> The Issue
> ========
> We're having no issues with most everything printed except invoices.
>
> We use the printer to print invoices from the IBM i.  A daily batch will be
> 150-300 pages.  Both days we have done this, it printed 120-150 pages of
> the
> spool file and skipped the rest.  Went on to the next spool file as if the
> remaining pages did not exist.  The spool file automatically goes to SAV
> status, so I changed the PAGERANGE parm, released it, and got the rest of
> the pages.  There is nothing in the printer message queue.  There is
> nothing
> in the printer event log.
>
> This is the only IBM i spool file of this size as most reports are made
> into
> PDFs and emailed, so I don't have another to try.  I have done 1 Windows
> printout of 160 pages (the operator's guide for this printer) and it
> completed fine.
>
> Anyone got an M652dn attached to IBM i?  Would changing the MFRTYPMDL do
> anything?  I don't want to just start making guesses.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
>
>
> Jeff Crosby
> VP Information Systems
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> direct.dilgardfoods.com
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
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