Setting Up - AS/400 (iSeries)
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AXIS 5570e User’s Manual
PPR/PPD Printing - IPDS Data Streams
Note:
The configuration procedures presented in this section are divided into
three separate steps:
•
Configuring the AS/400 host
•
Configuring the AXIS 5570e
•
Verifying the communication between the AXIS 5570e and the AS/400
Before you Begin
Make sure that the AS/400 host is running OS/400 V3R6 or higher with
TCP/IP support installed and configured.
Make sure that the latest PTFs are installed. Information about which
PTFs to use can be obtained from:
Configuring the
AS/400 Host System
When configuring the AS/400 host system you can:
•
create a PSF configuration
•
create a printer device description
Creating a PSF
Configuration
The system uses default values but you can optionally create a PSF
configuration by following the instructions below:
1. Issue the command
CRTPSFCFG
.
2. Press
F11
to display keywords.
3. Select a name for the PSF configuration and enter it at the
PSF
configuration (PSFCFG)
line. The name may comprise the letters A-Z and
the numerals 0-9, but must begin with a letter. A maximum of 10 characters
are allowed.
4. Enter
QGPL
at the
Library
line.
5. Enter
*YES
at the
IPDS pass through (IPDSPASTHR)
line.
6. Enter
*NORDYF
at the
Activate release timer (ACTRLSTMR
) line.
7. Enter
*NOMAX
at the
Release timer (RLSTMR)
line.
8. Press the
Enter
key on your keyboard to create the PSF configuration.
Many of the settings presented in the following panel example can be left
at their default settings. However, the settings that you must change are
highlighted in
bold
text and the settings that you must enter exactly as
shown in the example are highlighted in
bold underlined
text.
IPDS is only available for AXIS 5570e models with the IPDS option installed. For more
information, refer to
Protocols and Datastreams
, on page 9
.
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