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Card for IPDS

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Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe 

IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide

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Page 1: ...Lexmark Card for IPDS and Card for IPDS and SCS TNe IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide ...

Page 2: ...made at any time References in this publication to products programs or services do not imply that the manufacturer intends to make these available in all countries in which it operates Any reference to a product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe an...

Page 3: ... 4 Customer Support 6 1 iSeries and AS 400 LAN Printing Using the Printer Standard Network Port or MarkNet Internal Print Server 7 2 PSF MVS LAN Printing Using the Standard Network Port or Internal Print Server 15 3 PSF 2 LAN Printing Using an Internal LAN Print Server 23 4 Printer and Host Timeout Values 30 5 Printer Messages and Problems 32 ...

Page 4: ...X952 X954 Lexmark X548 Lexmark 6500e Lexmark C746 C748 Lexmark X746 X748 Unless otherwise specified in the rest of this guide the term printer covers both printers and MFPs The term Card for IPDS also refers to the Card for IPDS and SCS TNe To print IPDS jobs the printer must have the optional Card for IPDS and SCS TNe or Card for IPDS installed a required minimum of user memory DRAM and one of th...

Page 5: ...t Setup Guide Equipment Requirements And Specifications Note A minimum amount of user memory DRAM may be required to support IPDS Refer to your model s IPDS Emulation User s Guide for memory requirements and recommendations ...

Page 6: ...R SUPPORT If you cannot find answers in this guide about using the IPDS emulation or require firmware updates please contact your point of purchase your local Lexmark office or check the Lexmark support web site at http support lexmark com index page localeSelect locale en jumppage home ...

Page 7: ...ings 5 Select the IPDS Emulation Bar Code Size Host Resolution and Fax Interrupt Settings 6 Verify IPDS Printing 7 Troubleshooting Step 1 Choose a Printer Port for Use in the Device Description Several printer ports are available for receiving IPDS jobs when using the printer Standard Network port or the MarkNet internal LAN print server The printer port will be used in one of the following steps ...

Page 8: ...erate PDF output PDFGEN NONE Save AFP data AFPSAVE NO Text description TEXT PSFCFG for IPDS Printer Note PSFCFG for IPDS Printer is user defined text Press PF10 to show the following parameters Additional Parameters Automatic session recovery AUTOSSNRCY Enabled NO Message option Blank page BLANKPAGE YES Page size control PAGSIZCTL NO Resident fonts RESFONT YES Resource retention RSCRET YES Edge or...

Page 9: ...nd fonts which can be captured to the printer Refer to the IPDS Emulation User s Guide for additional information on capturing fonts Step 3 Create a Printer Device Description Note Examples showing parameters displayed on an AS 400 or iSeries may be different than the parameters displayed on your system Examples are shown with V6R1 parameters Create a printer device description for your printer us...

Page 10: ...ding requests MAXPNDRQS 6 Print while converting PRTCVT YES Form definition FORMDF F1C10110 Library LIBL Remote location RMTLOCNAME Name or address 157 184 115 32 See your Network Administrator for address User defined options USRDFNOPT NONE for more values User defined object USRDFNOBJ Object Your OBJ Library Your LIB Object type PSFCFG Data transform program USRDTATFM NONE Library User defined d...

Page 11: ...Network Ports TIp To do this on printers press the Select button on touch screens touch Network Ports 4 Now you will see a list of menus Select the Standard Network menu 5 Select Std Network Setup 6 Select TCP IP 7 Use the navigation buttons or icons to scroll through the options Check each of the following settings and change them as needed to configure TCP IP communication Remote network identif...

Page 12: ... used a Native Emulation setting Resident is the recommended emulation 2 If you are replacing a printer that used a 4028 Emulation setting choose the Resident Emulation and change the following settings a Set Bar Code Size to 4028 under BARCODE Bar Code Size b The recommended Host Resolution setting is Auto If you experience printing problems set Host Resolution to 300 3 If you are replacing a pri...

Page 13: ... job from your host system 4 Observe the printer control panel When the first job data is received Busy or IPDS should be displayed in the printer control panel If the job does not print go to Step 7 Troubleshooting 5 After the last page of the IPDS job prints Busy or IPDS will remain displayed until the host or printer ends the session This is controlled by the Release Timer on the host or by the...

Page 14: ... Ctrl The printer will not send undefined character NACKs to the host 5 If the job prints but some characters are printed incorrectly you should check the default code page setting Using the control panel MENU Menus select Option Card Menu IPDS MENU EMULATION Default Codepage On some printers the next step is to select Codepages A E or Codepages F K or Codepages L Z then select the proper code pag...

Page 15: ...0 for font capture PSF MVS Version 3 1 or later MVS Scheduler APAR OW12236 to support two new PRINTDEV keywords IPADDR and PORTNO TCP IP Version 3 Release 1 or higher installed and configured on MVS MVS Maintenance Level Required in TCP IP Profile IBM PTF UQ03848 IBM PTF UQ11550 For an installation description please refer to the following publications Print Services Facility MVS Update Guide G544...

Page 16: ...Verify IPDS Printing 7 Troubleshooting Step 1 Choose a Printer Port for Printing IPDS Jobs Several printer ports are available for receiving IPDS jobs when using the printer Standard Network port or the MarkNet internal LAN print server The printer port will be used in one of the following steps Port descriptions Port 5001 This is the recommended port selection for receiving IPDS jobs This port is...

Page 17: ... NOSEPDS CKPTPAGE 100 DRAIN MARK TRKCELL YES FFSDEF TYPE WTR FSSNAME FSS3 PNAME SAMPLE01 SYSTEM SYS1 TERM NO DEVICE DTYPE PRTAFP1 NAME PRT7 JUNIT SYS1 OFF FSSNAME FSS3 MODE FSS PM LINE PAGE SOSI1 SOSI2 CHARS YES GT12 CARRIAGE YES A868 CKPNTGP 100 HEADER YES WC C Add printer to PSFSTARTUP PROC Parameters to change are shown in bold PRT7 CNTL PRT7 PRINTDEV FONTDD FONT01 FONT OVLYDD OLAY01 OVERLAY PS...

Page 18: ...FONT01 DD DSN SYS1 FONTLIB DISP SHR SYSTEM FONTS DD DSN INST FONTLIB DISP SHR USER FONTS PSEG02 DD DSN INST PSEGLIB DISP SHR PAGE SEGMENTS OLAY01 DD DSN INST OVERLIB DISP SHR OVERLAYS PDEF01 DD DSN SYS1 PDEFLIB DISP SHR SYSTEM PAGE DEFS DD DSN INST PDEFLIB DISP SHR PAGE DEFS FDEF01 DD DSN INST FDEFLIB DISP SHR SYSTEM FORM DEFS DD DSN INST FDEFLIB DISP SHR FORM DEFS PRT7 CNTL PRT7 PRINTDEV FONTDD F...

Page 19: ...d to configure TCP IP communication TCP IP Settings Parameter Value Activate On Printers Must be On to enable TCP IP communi cations MFPs not displayed IP Address 157 184 67 102 Address available from your network administrator Netmask 255 255 255 0 Appropriate netmask for your network Gateway 157 184 67 1 IP address of your IP gateway Enable DHCP On or Off On if you use a DHCP server Off if you s...

Page 20: ...mended Host Resolution setting is Auto If you experience printing problems set Host Resolution to 300 3 If you are replacing a printer that used a 43xx Emulation setting choose the Resident Emulation and change the following settings a Set Bar Code Size to 43xx under BAR CODE Bar Code Size b The recommended Host Resolution setting is Auto If you experience printing problems set Host Resolution to ...

Page 21: ... IPDS MENU EMULATION Printable Area b Change your application to position the text within the printable area Refer to Printable Area in the IPDS Emulation User s Guide for more information c Change the Exception Ctrl setting to Sup Beyond VPA Using the control panel MENU Menus select Option Card Menu IPDS MENU EMULATION Exception Ctrl The printer will not send a NACK to the host when printing outs...

Page 22: ...r and Host Setup Guide PSF MVS LAN Printing Using the Standard Network Port or Internal Print Server 9 Once the job prints refer to the IPDS Emulation User s Guide for information on changing other IPDS MENU settings ...

Page 23: ...se a Printer Port for Printing IPDS Jobs 2 Create a Printer in PSF 2 3 Enable Printer Sharing With the Job Interval Shutdown Timer 4 Configure the Printer s Print Server TCP IP Settings 5 Select the IPDS Emulation Bar Code Size Host Resolution and Fax Interrupt Settings 6 Verify IPDS Printing 7 Troubleshooting Step 1 Choose a Printer Port for Printing IPDS Jobs Several printer ports are available ...

Page 24: ...nd select Settings The TCP IP Settings menu appears Enter the IP address of the printer The IP address should be obtained from your network administrator Enter the TCP IP port selected in Step 1 d Select OK and then Create The PSF 2 printer device is now created and is ready to print from a PSF 2 connected host e On the PSF 2 Control Panel select Options and Setup queues The Setup queues menu will...

Page 25: ...les are delivered with the PSF 2 package Any of these files can be submitted to the newly created print queue Step 3 Enable Printer Sharing With the Job Interval Shutdown Timer To enable the printer to start other print jobs from another protocol interface or server the PSF 2 tuning option Job Interval Shutdown Timer is used Use the following steps to set the Job Interval Shutdown Timer option a S...

Page 26: ...g Options The Job Interval Shutdown Timer indicates the number of seconds PSF 2 waits before shutting down when there are no jobs in the queue In other words this is the amount of time that PSF 2 remains active after the last job is printed Valid values integers 1 to 9999 1 9998 time in seconds to wait between jobs 9999 wait indefinitely for the next job to be received ...

Page 27: ...ork menu 5 Select Std Network Setup 6 Select TCP IP 7 Use the navigation buttons or icons to scroll through the options Check each of the following settings and change them as needed to configure TCP IP communication TCP IP Settings Parameter Value Activate On Printers Must be On to enable TCP IP communi cations MFPs not displayed IP Address 157 184 67 102 Address available from your network admin...

Page 28: ...tion setting is Auto If you experience printing problems set Host Resolution to 300 3 If you are replacing a printer that used a 43xx Emulation setting choose the Resident Emulation and change the following settings a Set Bar Code Size to 43xx under BAR CODE Bar Code Size b The recommended Host Resolution setting is Auto If you experience printing problems set Host Resolution to 300 4 If you are r...

Page 29: ... b Change your application to position the text within the printable area Refer to Printable Area in the IPDS Emulation User s Guide for more information c Change the Exception Ctrl setting to Sup Beyond VPA Using the control panel MENU Menus select Option Card Menu IPDS MENU EMULATION Exception Ctrl The printer will not send a NACK to the host when printing outside the valid printable area 4 If y...

Page 30: ...Jobs from other IPDS sessions and non IPDS jobs waiting on other ports will not print Note 3 These timer combinations are not recommended If used the difference between the two timers should be a minimum of 30 seconds Note 4 A printer IPDS Timeout value of 15 sec or 30 sec is recommended This allows 15 or 30 seconds for the host to send another job before the printer times out and starts printing ...

Page 31: ...mer combination is not recommended If used the difference between the two timers should be a minimum of 30 seconds Note 4 A printer IPDS Timeout value of 15 sec or 30 sec is recommended This allows 15 or 30 seconds for the host to send another job before the printer times out and starts printing jobs waiting on other ports Printer IPDS Timeout STARTUP PROC Disconnect Interval DISCINTV STARTUP PROC...

Page 32: ...in the other slot 2 33 34 Incorrect Media 10 36 1565 EMUL ERROR 9 36 900 40 Firmware error 15 37 Bad Memory System 8 36 Busy 3 33 Disk Full 13 37 Disk protected Fonts Not Erased 12 37 Fatal error in print queue 3 33 Flash Full 13 37 Flash Protected Fonts Not Erased 12 37 Intervention Required messages 7 35 IPDS memory exception 4 34 No print or Smiley faces are printed 14 37 Not enough free space ...

Page 33: ...rinter OFF remove the optional IPDS firmware card and install it in the other connector on the sys tem card Some models require the optional firmware card to be installed in a specific connector Problem 3 Fatal error in print queue incorrect Busy Timeout The print queue stops with a fatal error which requires operator intervention or the printer displays Busy or IPDS even when no IPDS jobs are pri...

Page 34: ... resolution selected in the printer s MENU Menus Option Card Menu IPDS MENU EMULATION IPDS Print Res menu item Select a lower print resolution and try reprinting the job C There may be insufficient printer memory to temporarily store IPDS resources and print non IPDS jobs Add more memory to the printer Requirements vary greatly according to type of printing and types of resources being used For in...

Page 35: ...imeout value B Add more memory to the printer This will allow IPDS resources to be temporarily stored and more complex non IPDS jobs to print Requirements vary greatly according to type of printing and types of resources being used For information on the minimum recommended installed memory for various printing requirements on each supported printer refer to the appendix on memory requirements and...

Page 36: ...appears on the display Solution to Problem 10 A Load the correct paper size and or check tray paper guides to be sure the correct size is sensed B Select Continue and the job will be printed Note The host is notified of the paper change Several jobs may print formatted for the wrong paper size before the host changes to the new paper size Problem 11 Standard Network port not working I have a Stand...

Page 37: ...resources reformat the user flash or remove resources from the disk and capture the resources again To remove resources from a disk select MENU Menus Option Card Menu IPDS MENU RESOURCE CAPTURE Remove Resources Problem 14 The printer prints smiley faces or does not print anything When an IPDS job is released the printer prints smiley faces or does not print anything and the job remains on the prin...

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