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Appendix D
Attaching Printer to an iSeries Host System
Follow these steps:
1. Select a printer address from 0 through 6.
2. From the printer operator panel Twinax Interface menu, make sure the
printer address matches the printer address you selected from the table
above. You can select addresses ranging from 0 through 6; the default
address is 1.
3. If the IPDS feature is not installed, you must choose to emulate either a
5225 or 4234-2 printer from the Twinax Interface menu, under Printer
Emulation. The default is 4234-2 printer emulation.
4. If the IPDS feature is installed, you must choose to emulate a 4234-12,
from the IPDS menu, under IPDS Emulation Mode. The default is 4234-
12 printer emulation. See the IPDS Programmer’s Reference Manual for
information on the IPDS Emulation Mode values.
5. Turn printer off.
6. Attach the twinax cable from your printer to your host workstation.
7. Turn the printer back on. The iSeries’ auto configuration program will
query the printer and configure the host system software to recognize the
printer.
8. You may want to execute the iSeries Workstation Printer (VFYPRT)
Verification Test to make sure the iSeries host system recognizes the
printer.
NOTE: If you do not want to use the system printer configuration that is
created by the auto configuration program, you can change the
printer configuration values as described in the following section.
Changing Your iSeries Printer Configuration
For more information on configuring a printer, see iSeries Device
Configuration Guide or the online configuration information on the system.
Changing Configuration with Auto Configuration
Auto Configuration can be utilized when either locally or remotely attaching to
the system. The printer is configured as DEVTYPE (4234). Other parameters
are automatically assigned by the system. See the iSeries Device
Configuration Guide for more information.