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AS/400

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 Printing through a Remote Output Queue 

using the WORKiO

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DP-2310/3010/3510/3520/4510/4520/6010/6020 

 
 

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Page 1: ...AS 400 Printing through a Remote Output Queue using the WORKiO DP 2310 3010 3510 3520 4510 4520 6010 6020 1 ...

Page 2: ...view 3 Printing to the DP 23 30 35 45 6010 35 45 6020 5 Creating the output queue 5 Sending a print job to the DP 6010 12 Changing Spooled File Attributes 13 Working with the Output Queue 17 Quick Setup Guide 20 Trademarks 21 2 ...

Page 3: ... be defined first so let s start with those that cause the most head scratching the TLA s Three Letter Acronyms All of the command structures within the operating system can be broken down to a TLA or an XTLA eXtended Three Letter Acronym When these TLA s are combined they form a command that can be typed on the command line to execute an internal program or menu Some of these are CFG Configure CR...

Page 4: ... data as well as forms fonts and overlays It also supports bi directional communications between the OS and the printer IPDS enabled printers can supply various information such as job status error recovery and reporting as well as resource management of things such as fonts forms etc Host Print Transform For users who don t need all of the advanced printing features of AFP and or IPDS or who don ...

Page 5: ... is to create a remote output queue The command to accomplish this is CRTOUTQ This command will also create the print writer object with the same name as the output queue At the command line of the AS 400 type CRTOUTQ and hit Enter This screen is the first menu screen shown after login Typing the number of the listed menu item will open that menu or if you know the command structure typing it will...

Page 6: ...ine shows that on this screen the parameter OUTQ is a required entry for this command to execute Enter the name of the desired output queue The default entry for Library is CURLIB This indicates in which library the OUTQ will be created and usually isn t changed unless the system administrator deems it necessary For this example our OUTQ is to be called DP6010 Upon entering the name press the TAB ...

Page 7: ...his screen The bottom menu descriptions for the function keys has the F10 listed for additional parameters and the word More in the lower right corner These two items are important to note that they provide access to the rest of the parameters needed to properly configure the queue Anytime the More is listed on the bottom right hitting the Page Down key will change to the next page to access those...

Page 8: ...power up Without this we would have to start the writer manually using the STRRMTWTR command For Connection type enter IP and at Destination type enter OTHER This will tell the AS 400 we want a standard IP connection Be sure Host print transform is set to YES it is by default and tab to the Manufacturer type and model field The default choice is IBM42011 Now hit F4 8 ...

Page 9: ...ee the choices for this particular field You could use the F4 key for each choice to see the available options for that particular field Use the Page Down key to scroll the listing and you will find the choices for our devices 9 ...

Page 10: ...ANASONIC6010 and hit Enter You will now see the previous screen again with the new information you have chosen Now tab down to Internet address and enter the IP Address of the machine within the single quotes 10 ...

Page 11: ...bove shows Messages pending on other displays Means that you must hit the Page Up key to find the page with the information missing which might be we forgot the IP Address or remote queue name Once that is corrected hitting enter will create the output queue and the screen will revert to the menu or screen you were on before typing CRTOUTQ The message area on that screen will show that the output ...

Page 12: ...t generic system information Your situation may vary and in all likelihood there will already be spooled files available to print contact your system administrator to re direct them On the command line enter the prtsysinf command and hit enter After hitting enter the following should be displayed with a slight delay based on the amount of information printed 12 ...

Page 13: ...RKSPLF command Work with Spooled Files Select the file you want to change by entering a 2 on the line next to it This will bring up the Change Spooled File Attributes screen The first change we can make is what printer to send it to On this field make sure it says OUTQ Then as it shows the F10 key is available hit F10 Now you can hit the Page Down key to access the rest of the parameters 13 ...

Page 14: ...tant items we can change on this screen is Output priority and Save file Output priority will signify order of importance in the queue The lower the number the higher the priority Save file will print the file but won t delete it Now hit the Page Down key and we ll look at the other attributes we might want to change 14 ...

Page 15: ...Some of the items on this page are what drawer to pull from and whether the job is going to be duplexed or not Now hit Page Down again to continue 15 ...

Page 16: ...here really isn t much here that applies to our machines Now hit Enter to process the job This will bring you back to the Work with Spooled Files screen Hit F12 and you should be back to the main menu if not then hit F3 and you will be 16 ...

Page 17: ...ommand This will bring up a list of all output queues we could work with Tab down to the DP6010 queue s Opt line and enter a 5 The Opt line is for entering the options listed directly above in blue This will let us Work with the selected output queue 17 ...

Page 18: ...e WRKOUTQ command by itself then choosing the correct queue and using the 5 option you can specify which queue you want to work with at the beginning Just enter the command WRKOUTQ DP6010 and hit Enter Now you will get directly to the Work with output queue just for the queue you wanted 18 ...

Page 19: ...a patch file provided by IBM for either updating or enhancing the operating system The requirement for printing to the DP 35 45 6010 series will be included in version V5R3 of the OS400 operating system Support for printing to these machines on V5R1 and V5R2 is provided via PTF These can be obtained from IBM for supported installations of OS400 The required PTF s are as follows OS 400 Version New ...

Page 20: ...ote printer queue lpr Writers to autostart 1 Connection type IP Destination type OTHER Host print transform YES Manufacturer type and model PANASONIC6010 or PANASONIC2310 or PANASONIC4520 Internet address Enter unit s IP Address within single quotes e g 192 168 0 60 Text description Enter a brief description of the queue or printer 20 ...

Page 21: ... AS 400 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation WORKiO is a registered trademark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd All other brand or product names are the property of their respective holders 21 ...

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