RE: *HPPJLDRV vs. *IBMSNMPDRV -- MIDRANGE-L

I've always found more details in the Support or Knowledge Base docs. There
is a wealth of information there.

Jim Franz

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Jim

Thanks. That's very helpful info. Especially since the command and help
screens do not mention *IBMSHRCNN as a special option, as recent as v7.3.

-mark

On 8/13/2019 10:08 PM, midrange wrote:

< What does USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) do?>

From https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019572

Configuring a *LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description

I included all 3 paragraphs because " it depends..". I use it when the
printer is shared with a local Win network.

User-Defined Options (USRDFNOPT)
This specifies, for spooled output only, one or more user-defined
options to be used by user applications, user-specified programs or
the writer. A maximum of four user-defined options can be specified.
However, *IBMSHRCNN is the only user-defined option that is supported
by the SNMP print driver code at this time.

Setting the User-defined options (USRDFNOPT) parameter to include
*IBMSHRCNN causes the print driver to open and close the connection to
the data port on the printer for every copy of every spooled file.
This allows multiple writers and systems to access the printer while
the print driver is active and there are files in ready status.
However, you might not want to specify *IBMSHRCNN if you want the
printer to be dedicated or if you do not wish to incur additional
connection charges for each additional socket connection that would be
established. When this option is specified, the printer is capable of
being shared, and the value that is specified for the Inactivity Timer is

ignored.

It is recommended that the User-defined options (USRDFNOPT) parameter
be set to *IBMSHRCNN whenever configuring a *LAN 3812 SNMP device

description.

However, it is required for an IBM InfoPrint 21 printer because this
printer will not operate properly if the USRDFNOPT parameter is not
set to *IBMSHRCNN. Also, it is strongly recommended that the USRDFNOPT
parameter be set to *IBMSHRCNN when printing to an IBM 4247, IBM 6400,
or IBM Infoprint
6500 line matrix printer.

Jim

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Subject: Re: *HPPJLDRV vs. *IBMSNMPDRV

Hi Jim,

Thanks. You're correct, it's an M404DN.

Are able to share the source for WSCST(QGPL/HP5SI)?

What does USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) do? Do you have a spool utility
that does something with it?

-mark

On 8/12/2019 7:49 PM, midrange wrote:

The data sheet for HP LaserJet Pro M404 series (since you did not
mention the "M" I am guessing...
Google says this is the only "HP404" ) Standard print languages are
HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c

IBMs doc http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019534
has HP M401 and M402 and as long as the print languages the same it
has always been good to be close. It lists both *HP5SI and *HP4000.

I did not see (or missed) what MFRTYPMDL you used.
The *HP5SI has been very stable. I do prefer SNMP over the older PJL
I do use a WSCST with a slight mod to print closer to the edges.

I've used (several) HP M402N printers which have the same print
languages - most of this is default CRTDEVPRT DEVD(P6) 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(*HP5SI) PPRSRC1(*LETTER) PPRSRC2(*NONE) +
ENVELOPE(*NONE) ASCII899(*NO) IMGCFG(*NONE) +
CHRID(*SYSVAL) RMTLOCNAME('xxx.xx.xx.xxx') WSCST(QGPL/HP5SI) +
USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) SYSDRVPGM(*IBMSNMPDRV) +
TEXT('XXX printer HP M402N') Jim Franz

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Subject: RE: *HPPJLDRV vs. *IBMSNMPDRV

They function differently at the communication level but the printing
functionality is the same. When you were trying the HPPJLDRV driver
you did set the port to 9100? That's the most common issue I see with
newly configured printers using HPPJLDRV is that someone forgets to
set

the port.

Coy Krill
Core Processing Team Lead
Washington Trust Bank

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Subject: *HPPJLDRV vs. *IBMSNMPDRV
Importance: Low

Is there any difference functionally between the *HPPJLDRV and
*IBMSNMPDRV drivers? A client would like to set up an HP 404DN
printer. Using *HPPJLDRV did not work at all. The writer ended
immediately when attempting to print any spool. IBM support
recommended

trying *IBMSNMPDRV.

Why would the driver designed for HP printers not work but the
IBM one would? Is there any reduction of functionality using that

driver?

-mark

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