Optra S, Optra Se 3455 and Optra K 1220 SIMM for IPDS Installation and User’s Guide
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CONTENTS About this Guide ....................................................................................9 Conventions ................................................................................................................9 1 Introduction......................................................................................11 1.1 Equipment Requirements and Specifications.....................................................11 1.2 Customer Support ................................................
4.3.12 IPDS Resolution .......................................................................................38 4.3.13 Intervention Required ...............................................................................39 4.3.14 IPDS Timeout ...........................................................................................40 4.3.15 Trace Functions ........................................................................................43 4.3.16 IPDS Version.........................................
.3.3 Creating a Text Job to Change IPDS Option Settings ................................76 6.3.3.1 6.3.3.2 6.3.3.3 6.3.3.4 6.3.3.5 6.3.3.6 6.3.3.7 6.3.3.8 6.3.3.9 Lead-in String ................................................................................................... 77 Lead-out String ................................................................................................. 77 Entering Option Name and Value Settings .......................................................
.8.3 Example PSF STARTUP PROC - JCL and PRINTDEV .........................112 7.9 Printing IPDS from PSF/2 ...............................................................................113 7.10 Printer Sharing in the PSF/2 Environment.....................................................117 7.11 Printing IPDS from PSF/AIX ........................................................................119 8 Using the SIMM for IPDS with the Adapter for SCS ................121 8.
B.1.4 Latin 4 ................................................................................................................ 154 B.1.5 Latin 5 ................................................................................................................ 154 B.1.6 Baltic Multilingual (Latin 6) .............................................................................. 154 B.1.7 Cyrillic ...............................................................................................................
About this Guide Refer to your Lexmark Optra printer's User’s Guide for basic information about your printer and how to use it. Use this booklet as a reference for the SIMM for IPDS. It includes information on: x Installing the SIMM for IPDS. x Understanding, using, and changing the option settings to affect the way host jobs are printed. Conventions x Printer menu keys and operator panel texts are written in bold. x Option values are written in “quotation marks”.
1 Introduction 1.1 Equipment Requirements and Specifications Thank you for purchasing the SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) for Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS). This provides your printer with high quality IBM host connectivity print output. With the appropriate adapter and host software, your printer becomes an IBM host workstation printer capable of printing AFP or IPDS documents from an AS/400, System/370, System/390, or System/36.
If you need to update your adapter’s code level, contact the Lexmark Technical Support Center. MarkNet print server and Adapter for SCS firmware updates are also available from the Lexmark web site at http://www.lexmark.com. 1.2 Customer Support If you cannot find answers in this booklet about using the SIMM for IPDS, please contact your point of purchase, your local Lexmark office, or call the Lexmark Technical Support Center. In North America: Lexmark International, Inc.
2 Installation 2.1 Before Installing the SIMM for IPDS Installing the new SIMM for IPDS may restore the printer’s default menu settings. Follow the instructions in the following section to print out the current user default settings and installed printer options before installing the new SIMM for IPDS. Save the printed sheet(s) for reference as you may want to refer to these settings in the future. Refer to your printer User’s Guide if you need information about factory defaults.
2.3 Installing the SIMM for IPDS Warning: The SIMM for IPDS is easily damaged by static electricity. Make sure to touch the printer’s metal cabinet before handling the SIMM or wear an anti-static wrist strap. Follow these instructions to install the SIMM: 1. Unpack the SIMM for IPDS. Avoid touching the connection points along the edge of the card. Your card may vary in appearance. Save the packing materials. 2. Check the printer model and SIMM to be sure you install the SIMM in the correct Optra model.
3. Turn the printer power OFF (O) and unplug the printer power cord. 4. Disconnect all cables from the back of the printer. 5. You must access the printer system board. Refer to your printer User's Guide and follow the instructions on how to access the printer system board. After accessing the system board proceed to step 6. 6. Locate the Optional Firmware SIMM Connector on the system board. Refer to the figure below matching your printer.
7. Press the option down toward the system board until it snaps into place. Make sure both metal clips on the connector are fastened and the two pins on the connector are pushed through the holes in the option. Refer to the figure matching your printer. Optra S/Se Optra K 8. You must have at least 4 MB of installed memory to use the SIMM for IPDS. Refer to the menu settings page you printed before beginning the SIMM installation to determine the amount of printer installed memory.
11. Plug in the printer power cord. 12. Turn the printer power ON (I). Note: If all diamonds remain displayed on the printer operator panel or if the printer does not warm the engine and display Ready on the operator panel, follow the steps in the next section to remove the SIMM and repeat the steps in this section to reinstall it. Be sure the SIMM can be used in your printer model. Refer to step 2 for SIMM identification. A minimum of 4 MB of memory is required for IPDS printing.
Note: After verifying the installation, you may want to set your other printer settings that were different from the factory defaults. See the menu settings page you printed before starting this installation for comparison. Tip: Place a label on the front of the printer indicating the connector locations of all installed options to avoid having to print the Menu Settings.
2.4 Removing the SIMM for IPDS Warning: The option card is easily damaged by static electricity. Before handling the cards, be sure to touch the printer’s metal cabinet or put on an antistatic wrist strap. 1. Turn the printer power OFF (O) and unplug the printer power cord. 2. Disconnect all cables from the back of the printer. 3. You must access the printer system board. Please refer to your printer's User's Guide and follow the instructions on how to access the Printer System Board.
4. Refer to the figure below for your printer to locate the SIMM for IPDS in the connector slot. Push out on the metal clips at each end of the connector and rotate the SIMM away from the system board. Optra S/Se Optra K 5. Place the SIMM for IPDS in its original packaging. If you did not save the packaging, wrap the card in paper and store it in a box. 6. Close the Printer System Board. Refer to your printer User's Guide and follow the instructions on how to close the Printer System Board.
3 Using the Operator Panel Setup Options The SIMM for IPDS option settings may be changed from the printer operator panel or changed remotely by sending a text job with special commands to the printer. This section of the guide reviews how to change and save option settings using the operator panel. See chapter 6 Remote Configuration of Printer IPDS Settings on page 73 for information on changing printer option settings remotely.
3.2 Changing IPDS Settings Using the Operator Panel 3.2.1 The IPDS Setup Menu Access the SIMM for IPDS options and settings from the IPDS Menu. To reach the menu: 1. From a Ready status, Press Menu> from the operator panel main screen until the IPDS MENU appears in the second line of the display. Note: 2. Some printers have Menu+ and Menu-. On these printers, select Menu+ for Menu> and Menu- for and
3. Press Select to select the menu or menu item shown on the second line of the display. x If the selection is a menu, the menu is opened and the first printer setting in the menu is displayed. x If the selection is a menu item, the current setting for the menu item is displayed. (The current user default setting has an asterisk (*) beside it.) Each menu item has a list of valid values for the menu item. A value can be: x A phrase or word to describe a setting.
3.2.3 Selecting a Setting from a List of Values When you select some menu items, the printer displays a list of values. Press the Menu> button to cycle through all the available items. To choose a new user default setting, press Select. For example, if you select IPDS MENU, EMULATION, IPDS Emulation, you see the following in the front panel display: Cycle through the various emulations by pressing Menu> or
3.2.4 Changing a Numerical Setting If you choose a menu item that has a numerical value, the item name appears in the first line of the operator panel display and the numerical value displays in the second line of the operator panel display. The current setting has an asterisk (*) next to it. To increase the numerical value, press Menu>; to decrease the current setting, press
3.2.5 Activating Saved Option Changes You may need to power the printer OFF and ON to activate an option change. See the section below, which corresponds to your "attachment" method. LAN Attachment Most changes to IPDS MENU settings are active on the very next IPDS print job. This is true when you are LAN attached using a MarkNet internal print server or a MarkNet Pro external print server, or MarkNet XLe adapter.
4 Setup Operations Reference 4.1 SIMM for IPDS Options Menu Map This section describes the menu structure for the SIMM for IPDS. Settings are displayed under the sub-menus reached from the IPDS MENU. Note: Only menu items supported by your printer are displayed. Some options are only activated after the printer power has been recycled. Refer to section 3.2.5 Activating Saved Option Changes on page 26.
4.2 Overview of the EMULATION Menu Options The following lists all menu options found under the EMULATION Menu. Values only display when they are available on your printer. An asterisk “*” indicates the default factory value. The selected value for each of these options is listed on the IPDS Print Menus page. See section 2.2 Printing the Menu Settings on page 13.
IPDS Resolution 600 dpi*, 1200 dpi, 300 dpi Intervention Req Report*, Do not report IPDS Timeout Host Controlled*, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 90 seconds, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes Trace Functions Disable*, Serial Output, Parallel Output IPDS Version Display IPDS version number in the operator panel. A detailed description of each EMULATION Menu option follows.
4.3 EMULATION Menu Options In the following an asterisk “*” indicates the default factory value. 4.3.1 IPDS Emulation This option selects the printer emulation to be used. 4028* 3112/3116 43xx 3812/3816 Note: 30 IBM 4028 emulation IBM 3112/3116 emulation IBM 4312, 4317 or 4324 emulation IBM 3812/3816 emulation The 3812/16 emulation does not support the printer IPDS Resolution setting of 300 dpi.
4.3.2 Default Codepage This option defines the default code page with the appropriate character set to be used. Values are in alphabetical order. The panel will display code page options beginning with the letters A - E, then F – K, and L - Z. Select the appropriate path to reach the desired code page. Codepages A – E Arabic ASCII Aus/Ger Aus/Ger Aus/Ger Alt Baltic Belgium Brazil Can. French Can.
4.3.4 Default FGID Selects the default FGID to be used by the printer IPDS emulation when the host does not send an FGID at the start of a job. This option is only available on IPDS emulation code level 8141 or higher. The option has three submenus containing the FGIDs used in each emulation. In the table below the emulations are cross-referenced to pages in appendix B. Font and Code Page Information. The FGIDs in the referenced tables are available in the operator panel.
4.3.6 Page Counter This option selects the method used for updating IPDS page counters. Normal Update* Jam and stacked page counters are updated when pages are printed. Early Update All page counters are updated when they are processed but not printed. Pages may be lost if power or printer failure occurs. However, selecting this option may increase printing speed. Note: When Early Update is selected, Intervention Required messages are not reported to the IPDS Host.
4.3.7 Printable Area This option defines the printable area on the page and how clipping is performed. Top, bottom, and side margins for your print jobs are set through your print application. 4028 Whole Page* The printable area is 50 pels (4mm) inside the physical page. The printable area is reported to the host. Clipping occurs if data is printed outside the printable area. All four edges will clip. 4028 Print Page The printable area is 50 pels (4mm) inside the physical page.
4.3.8 Resource Memory This option defines the amount of memory to be used as IPDS Resource Memory. Increasing memory can sometimes improve performance because more fonts or other resources are retained in memory reducing transmission and printing times. Increasing memory for resources is recommended, if printing large IPDS jobs with many downloaded fonts, page segments, or overlays. The actual amount of available memory depends on how much memory is being used by PostScript and PCL jobs. Less Up to 1.
4.3.9 Exception Control It is often practical to suppress exception reporting on undefined characters and on position errors (printing outside the valid printable area (VPA)). This option overrides the Exception Handling Control in the IPDS data stream. Report All* No suppression of exceptions. Exception reporting is controlled by the IPDS data stream. Sup beyond VPA Exception reporting or position errors (outside VPA) is suppressed.
4.3.10 Font Control This option defines how strict the reporting will be if a selected font does not correspond to a valid combination of code page and character set. Relaxed* The printer makes an intelligent decision concerning whether the selected combination of code page and character set is adequately supported. A Relaxed setting will report very few exceptions. If the selected font is not found, the printer will substitute with the closest matching font.
4.3.12 IPDS Resolution This option defines the resolution used when printing IPDS jobs. This is a separate setting from the printer's Print Resolution under the Quality Menu. This option sets the working print resolution for the IPDS jobs. This alters the quality of text with scalable fonts, barcodes, graphics, and scalable images. Bitmap fonts and non-scalable images are not affected.
4.3.13 Intervention Required This option defines if the emulation should report Intervention Required messages to the host. Types of intervention required messages include a paper jam, paper out, cover open or offline message. These types of messages mean the printer is not ready to print. Report* Report intervention required messages to the host. This is the typical setting. Do Not Report Do not report intervention required messages to the host. Used only in special cases.
4.3.14 IPDS Timeout This option either allows the host to directly control when an IPDS LAN session with a printer ends (disconnects) or allows the printer IPDS emulation to determine when an IPDS LAN session times out. Note: The IPDS Timeout values are only used by the printer IPDS emulation when the printer is LAN attached using a MarkNet internal print server. Note: This option is only available on IPDS emulation code level 8141 or higher.
IPDS emulation timeout value. These values are only used by the printer IPDS emulation when the host sends IPDS jobs on port 9600 to a MarkNet internal print server. If the host does not send another IPDS job or send additional IPDS resource data to the printer within the timeout value specified, the printer IPDS emulation will time out, place all IPDS resources in temporary storage (see Storage of IPDS Resources below), and allow the printer to print jobs from other printer ports.
Storage of IPDS Resources Up to four different LAN sessions may be connected to port 9600. IPDS resources from the last active port 9600 session are temporarily stored in the printer memory when IPDS Timeout values (15 seconds to 10 Minutes) are selected and the host timer/timeout values are set to a large value or disabled. Operator actions and processing of other jobs may cause the resources to be deleted. Events such as the following will cause deletion of the downloaded resources.
4.3.15 Trace Functions This option determines if the Trace function is enabled. Trace data is sent to either the serial or parallel port. Unless you have a computer running a capture program attached to the serial or parallel port to receive the trace data, the printer will hang Busy and display IPDS on the first line of the operator panel and TRC on the second line of the operator panel. Note: The Trace function is used by service personnel for troubleshooting and service.
4.4 Overview of the PAPER HANDLING Menu Options The following lists all menu options found under the PAPER HANDLING Menu. Values only display when they are available on your printer. An asterisk “*” indicates the default factory value. The selected value for each of these options is listed on the IPDS Print Menus page. See section 2.2 Printing the Menu Settings on page 13.
Other Env Size Envelope Length 4200*, range: 1500 - 4200 Envelope Width 2550*, range: 825 - 2550 A detailed description of each PAPER HANDLING option follows.
4.5 PAPER HANDLING Menu Options In the following an asterisk “*” indicates the default factory value. 4.5.1 Duplex Control This option defines the treatment of duplex printing. Autodetect* Use and report duplex if a duplexer is installed. Enable Always report duplex. If a duplexer is not installed, the pages are printed in simplex. Disable Do not report duplex. Pages are printed in simplex even with a duplexer installed. 4.5.
4.5.3 IPDS Envelope Paper This option selects the envelope default formatting size for the IPDS Envelope media source (most often it is the IPDS Number 64 (40H)). This option setting applies to Input Tray Mappings set to "Manual Env" or "Env Feeder". You can do one of the following: x Use the printer setting Manual Env Size. x Use the printer setting Env Feeder Size (if installed). x Select a different envelope size from the IPDS Menu. The selection applies to both Manual Env and Env Feeder.
Note: Other Envelope is only available on IPDS code level 9241 or above. If printing occurs after the length of the physical paper, the message 34 Short Paper is displayed in the operator panel.
4.5.4 IPDS Manual Paper This option selects the default formatting paper size for the IPDS Manual media source (most often it is the IPDS Number 99 (63H)). This option setting applies to the Input Tray Mappings set to "Manual Paper". You can do one of the following: x Use the printer setting “Manual Pap Size”. x Select a different paper size for IPDS. Selecting a specific size under the IPDS Menu will change the media size selected for the Postscript and PCL emulations, too.
4.5.5 IPDS Multipurpose (MP) Paper This option selects the default formatting paper size or envelope default formatting size for the IPDS multipurpose (MP) media source. This option setting applies to the Input Tray Mappings set to "MP Feeder". Note: This option only displays if a Multipurpose Feeder is installed. You can do one of the following: x Use the printer setting “MP Feeder Size”. x Select a different paper size or envelope size for IPDS.
4.5.6 Preprinted Media Note: The Preprinted Media option is only available on IPDS code level 9241 or above. This option specifies how duplex printing from each of the physically installed trays in the printer is to be controlled. The duplex function does not apply to envelope feeders or to trays with envelopes specified as the loaded media. The available tray menus in the Preprinted Media sub-menu are summarized below. The table shows all the possible tray menus.
same way, i.e. with the preprinted side face up and the top edge of the page facing toward the rear of the printer. 4.5.7 Universal Size A paper size of Universal is displayed in the printer menu when a non-standard size paper is detected in an auto size sensing tray or Universal is selected in the IPDS PAPER HANDLING menu as the paper size loaded into a non-size sensing tray or feeder. This option allows you to specify the paper size returned to the host when a non-standard paper size is loaded.
4.5.8 Other Env Size A printer envelope size of Other Envelope may be selected in the printer menu or Other Envelope may be selected in the IPDS PAPER HANDLING menu when a non-standard size envelope is loaded into a non-size sensing tray or feeder. This option allows you to specify the envelope size returned to the host when Other Envelope is selected in the printer menu as the envelope size. Refer to section 4.5.
4.6 MAP INPUT TRAYS Menu Options This option defines the mapping of the host's request for a physical feeder or input tray in the printer. Any host input source can be mapped to any printer input source. The printer input source is mapped to an IPDS host number. Input sources include the envelope feeder, manual feed paper or manual feed envelopes. Note: The optional printer input sources will only be displayed when installed on the printer.
Example 2 If an IPDS number is mapped (used) twice, the lowest tray mapping number is activated (if available). For example if Tray Mapping 6 and 7 both map to IPDS 64 as shown below, the printer will select media from the Env Feeder. Tray Mapping 6 Tray Mapping 7 IPDS 64 Env Feeder IPDS 64 Manual Env In other words, the printer attempts to map to (select media from) the Env Feeder first and if it is not installed, the printer defaults to Manual Env.
Set the PAPER TYPE for the three trays as follows: Tray 1 Type Tray 2 Type Tray 3 Type = = = Colored Paper Plain Paper Plain Paper The printer will feed paper from Tray 3 when Tray 2 is empty. 4.6.1 Tray Mapping In the following an asterisk “*” indicates the default factory value. The default value for each of these options is listed on the IPDS Print Menus page. See section 2.2 Printing the Menu Settings on page 13. Note: Values which are not available on your printer will not be displayed.
Tray Mapping 5 No Map, Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4, Tray 5*, MP Feeder, Env Feeder, Manual Paper, Manual Env IPDS Number 4*, 0 to 255 Tray Mapping 6 No Map, Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4, Tray 5, MP Feeder, Env Feeder*, Manual Paper, Manual Env IPDS Number 64*, 0 to 255 Tray Mapping 7 No Map, Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4, Tray 5, MP Feeder, Env Feeder, Manual Paper, Manual Env* IPDS Number 64*, 0 to 255 Tray Mapping 8 No Map, Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4, Tray 5, MP Feeder, Env Feeder, Manual
4.7 MAP OUTPUT BINS Menu Options This option defines the mapping of the host's request for a physical output bin in the printer. The printer bin is mapped to an IPDS host number. Printer output bins include the top of the printer (standard bin) and optional output bins that attach to the top of the printer. If an IPDS number is mapped (used) twice, the lowest bin mapping (if available) is used. A typical relationship between IPDS numbers and the output bins would be: Bin Mapping No.
4.7.1 Bin Mapping Note: Output Bin values will only be displayed when optional output bins are installed. In the following an asterisk “*” indicates the default factory value. The default value for each of these options is listed on the second Print Menus page. See section 2.3 Installing the SIMM for IPDS on page 17, step 14.
Bin Mapping 6 Standard Bin, No Map*, Output Bin 1, Output Bin 2, Output Bin 3 IPDS Number X, 1 to 255 Bin Mapping 7 Standard Bin, No Map*, Output Bin 1, Output Bin 2, Output Bin 3 IPDS Number X, 1 to 255 Bin Mapping 8 Standard Bin, No Map*, Output Bin 1, Output Bin 2, Output Bin 3 IPDS Number X, 1 to 255 Bin Mapping 9 Standard Bin, No Map*, Output Bin 1, Output Bin 2, Output Bin 3 IPDS Number X, 1 to 255 Bin Mapping 10 Standard Bin, No Map*, Output Bin 1, Output Bin 2, Output Bin 3 IPDS Number X, 1
4.8 MARGINS Menu Options Use margin settings to adjust the position of the page image. Margin settings, which could be compared to movements of the tractor feeder and paper knob of a matrix printer, affect all IPDS jobs and are not affected by IPDS commands in the job. The input tray Left Margin and input tray Top Margin option settings should not be confused with the IPDS left and top margin settings sent from the host.
Margins may be adjusted for all input trays and feeders using the All Input Trays menu. Additional adjustments may be made to the All Input Trays margin settings for an individual tray or feeder using the tray or feeder specific margin menu. Most often, the All Input Trays margin settings will remain at the default setting of zero and adjustments will be made using the specific tray or feeder margin menu.
Margin and Tray Linking Interaction When trays are linked, the margins set in the All Input Trays menu and the margins set for the tray specified in the IPDS data stream will be used to adjust the page image on the paper Example 1 – Margin and Tray Linking Tray 1 is requested as the input source from the host. If tray 1 and tray 2 are linked and tray 1 runs out of paper, paper will be pulled from tray 2.
Each margin menu option has four sub-menus. The exception being the envelope menu options, which have only two. The available margin menu options and their sub-menus are shown below.
4.8.2 TRAY 1 ADJUST Menu This menu option allows additional adjustment to the top and left margins for simplex and duplex pages printed from tray 1. Tray 1 Adjust margin settings adjusts the value of the All Input Trays corresponding margin setting for all pages printed from tray 1. See margin settings examples under 4.8 MARGINS Menu Options on page 61 for additional information.
4.8.4 TRAY 3 ADJUST Menu This menu option allows additional adjustment to the top and left margins for simplex and duplex pages printed from tray 3. Tray 3 Adjust margin settings adjusts the value of the All Input Trays corresponding margin setting for all pages printed from tray 3. See margin settings examples under 4.8 MARGINS Menu Options on page 61 for additional information.
4.8.6 TRAY 5 ADJUST Menu This menu option allows additional adjustment to the top and left margins for simplex and duplex pages printed from tray 5. Tray 5 Adjust margin settings adjusts the value of the All Input Trays corresponding margin setting for all pages printed from tray 5. See margin settings examples under 4.8 MARGINS Menu Options on page 61 for additional information.
4.8.8 ENV FEEDER ADJ Menu This menu option allows additional adjustment to the top and left margins for jobs printed from the envelope feeder. Env Feeder Adj margin settings adjusts the value of the All Input Trays corresponding margin setting for all pages printed from the envelope feeder. See margin settings examples under 4.8 MARGINS Menu Options on page 61 for additional information.
4.8.10 MANUAL ENV ADJ Menu This menu option allows additional adjustment to the top and left margins for jobs printed from the manual tray. Manual Env Adj margin settings adjusts the value of the All Input Trays corresponding margin setting for all envelopes printed from the manual tray. See margin settings examples under 4.8 MARGINS Menu Options on page 61 for additional information.
5 IPDS Job Cancel The IPDS cancel function allows IPDS jobs to be canceled at the printer. Selecting a specific job to cancel is difficult when several small jobs are queued to print from the host. The job being printed may not be the job which is canceled. The cancel request is returned to the host on the earliest possible page boundary. If all pages of a job have been processed and stored in the printer’s memory, that job will not be canceled.
x 3. Press Select. x 4. Some events on the printer may cause the message Press Select to Cancel IPDS Job to be removed from the display. If the message is removed, press Go and then perform a cancel job sequence by performing steps 1 through 4. The message Canceling Job - Press Go is displayed. The cancel request is queued and will be sent to the host on the earliest possible page boundary.
6 Remote Configuration of Printer IPDS Settings Most IPDS emulation settings stored in the printer (the default IPDS settings) can be changed remotely by sending a special IPDS text job to the printer. This method of changing settings is useful during printer installation to set the IPDS option settings to the values recommended by your system administrator.
6.3 Remote Configuration Using an IPDS Text Job Most IPDS emulation default option settings stored in the printer can be changed on LAN, Coax, and Twinax attached printers by sending a special IPDS text job to the printer. Only the IPDS emulation default option settings can be changed using a text job. Other printer emulation (PostScript and PCL) default option settings can not be changed. Refer to section 6.2 Option Values Which Can Not Be Changed Remotely on page 73 for more information.
6.3.1 AS/400 Recommended Procedure The IPDS session must be closed after the text job has been sent to the printer to activate the new IPDS option settings. The changes take effect during the next established IPDS session. The following steps are recommended to remotely change the printer IPDS option settings. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. End all writers associated with the printer except the writer to be used to send the text job.
6.3.2 Mainframe Recommended Procedure The IPDS session must be closed after the text job has been sent to the printer to activate the new IPDS default settings. The changes take effect during the next established IPDS session. Changing some options may generate a reset message or a configuration change message on the host when restarting from a timed out session. The following steps are recommended to remotely change the printer IPDS option settings. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
x Both lower and upper case letters can be used for options and values. The case of each option or value does not have to match the operator panel. 6.3.3.1 Lead-in String The text string below is the Lead-in string which causes the IPDS emulation to enter an IPDS set option mode. This must be the first line of the of the job. It is devised so that it should not occur in normal print data. &%IPDSSETOPT; The following string is also valid, as the spaces are ignored.
6.3.3.3 Entering Option Name and Value Settings The text for specifying Option Name and Value Settings is based on the text appearing in the printer operator panel. Most option names are unique and occur only once. For these options it is possible to use the syntax shown below. Option Name = Value; The Option Name and Value must be separated with an equal sign and the Value must be followed by a semicolon.
TrayMapping 1=Tray 1,2; The example assigns the IPDS logical paper source number 2 with Tray 1. 6.3.3.4 Entering Comments in the Job Comments may be entered in the job text. The beginning of a comment is marked with the start characters (/*) and terminated with the end characters (*/). See the sample comment below. IpdsEmulation=4028; /* Sample comment */ 6.3.3.5 Syntax summary and hints x A semicolon must end all option assignments. x When two values are required, they must be separated by commas.
6.3.3.6 Examples of legal commands The following are examples of legal commands which will be processed by the printer IPDS emulation and will change the IPDS option value setting. IpdsEmulation=4028; /* Sample comment */ EMULATION: IPDS Emulation = 3112/3116; Emulation:ipdsemulation=4028;defaultcodepage=Fin/Sweden278; Margins:Tray1Adjust:Top Margin = 20; Tray 2 Adjust:Left Margin = -10; Tray1Adjust:RightMargin=+10; Bin Mapping 4 = Output Bin 2,3; 6.3.3.
6.3.3.8 Set Default Options Mode Error Messages An option change status page is printed after each page with received changes. An option change status page is also printed if a page break is detected before a full page with changes has been received.Valid option value text strings are printed. Error messages are printed for invalid option value text strings to assist in correcting the text string. The list below shows error messages that appear on the IPDS Option Change Status page.
“Two Values Required” One value is missing. Please specify two values according to syntax. An example of an option requiring two values is shown below. TrayMapping 1 = Tray 1,2; “Unknown Option” Invalid option name detected. Enter a valid option name. “Unknown Value” An option value was not specified. Enter a valid value. “Unsupported Option” An unsupported option in the current printer configuration was specified.
7 Using the SIMM for IPDS with a MarkNet Internal or External Print Server 7.1 IPDS in a LAN Environment When using the SIMM for IPDS in a printer attached to a LAN with the MarkNet internal print server (Token-Ring or Ethernet), MarkNet Pro external print server (Token-Ring or Ethernet), or the MarkNet XLe print server (Token-Ring or Ethernet), the printer can receive, process and print AFP/IPDS print jobs over TCP/IP from the following IBM software: x x x x PSF/MVS 2.2 or greater PSF/2 2.
Example IPDS resources have been downloaded during a session with a host connected through the Adapter for SCS card (Coax or Twinax attachment). These resources will be deleted by the IPDS emulation when an IPDS job is received from a LAN attached host. When another IPDS job is received through the Adapter for SCS card, the printer will return a Printer Reset exception to the host. The host will download the resources again with the next IPDS job.
7.2.1 Selecting the MarkNet Internal Print Server TCP/IP Protocol Settings From the printer operator panel, do the following: 1. Press Menu> until the NETWORK MENU displays. Press Select. 2. Press Menu> until the NETWORK OPTION 1 displays. Press Select. (This example assumes the MarkNet internal print server is installed in option connector 1.) 3. Press Menu> until you see NETWORK 1 SETUP. Press Select. 4. Press Menu> until you see TCP/IP. Press Select.
7.2.2 Setting the MarkNet Internal Print Server Job Timeout The recommended setting for the MarkNet internal print server Job Timeout is 0 (disabled). This allows the host system "release timer" value and the printer IPDS Timeout value to control when print jobs from another protocol, interface, server, or host can be started. You may set the MarkNet internal print server Job Timeout value to a value greater than the host "release timer" value.
7.3 Configuring a MarkNet Pro External Print Server To enable IPDS printing with the MarkNet Pro several settings must be changed. Changes to MarkNet Pro settings can be made using the appropriate network printer utilities. For more information on how to change these settings, refer to your Lexmark MarkNet Pro network adapter manual which came with your print server. x x Network Adapter User's Guide or Network Adapter Hardware Setup 7.3.
Set IP Gateway 157.184.67.1 (IP address of the IP gateway) 7.3.3 Setting the MarkNet Pro Job Timeout The recommended setting for the MarkNet Pro Job Timeout is 0 (disabled). This allows the host system "release timer" value to control when print jobs from another protocol, interface, server, or host can be started. You may set the MarkNet Pro Job Timeout value to a value greater than the host "release timer" value.
7.4 Configuring a MarkNet XLe External Print Server To enable IPDS printing with the MarkNet XLe several settings must be changed. Changes to MarkNet XLe settings can only be made using the appropriate network printer utilities. For more information on how to change these settings, refer to your Lexmark network adapter manual, which came with your print server. x x x Network Adapter User's Guide or Network Adapter Hardware Setup or MarkNet XLe Setup and Service Guide 7.4.
7.4.2 Setting the MarkNet XLe TCP/IP Protocol Settings The following TCP/IP protocol settings must be set in order for the host to send jobs to the printer through the MarkNet XLe. Contact your network administrator if you need help with these settings. Activate Yes 157.184.67.102 Set IP Address (Address available from your network administrator) 255.255.255.0 Set IP Netmask (Appropriate netmask for your network) Set IP Gateway 157.184.67.1 (IP address of the IP gateway) 7.4.
7.4.4 Setting the MarkNet XLe Busy Timeout The recommended setting for the MarkNet XLe Busy Timeout is 0 (disabled). This allows the host system "release timer" value to control when print jobs from another protocol, interface, server, or host can be started. You may set the MarkNet XLe Busy Timeout value to a value greater than the host "release timer" value. Errors are very likely to occur when the printer requires user intervention and the intervention is not cleared before the timeout occurs.
2. Create an APPC-attached printer device description using CRTDEVPRT (see steps below). Note: Only the required fields are listed below. At the command line, type: CRTDEVPRT and press .
3. Using WRKAFP2, specify the printer’s TCP/IP configuration information. This data area, which must be saved in library QGPL, will override the APPC device description just created with the CRTDEVPRT command. At the command line, type: WRKAFP2 and press . Printer device name DEVD (Same user defined name as before) OPTRA IPDS pass through IPDSPASTHR *YES TCP/IP support TCP/IP *YES Press 157.184.67.
Related information Vary on the printer device description: VRYCFG CFGOBJ(OPTRA) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON) Start the writer: STRPRTWTR OPTRA To PING the device: PING ‘ip_address’ or PING host_name For example: PING ‘157.184.67.
7.6 Printing IPDS from PSF/400 with OS/400 V3R2 Install the latest cumulative PTF fix pack or tape for the system. x 1. 2. PTF 41993, which is available from IBM, provides a fix for out of paper responses from the printer. Set up and start the TCP/IP network: x Create a Token-Ring or an Ethernet line description for the printer using CRTLINTRN or CRTLINETH. x Add a TCP/IP interface using ADDTCPIFC. x Add a router definition, if required, using ADDTCPRTE. x Start TCP/IP using STRTCP.
Advanced function printing *YES Press AFP attachment *APPC Press 11 Font identifier (Font Global ID for Courier 10 CPI) Form feed *AUTOCUT Press , then Remote location TCPIP Press to create the printer device description for the Optra IPDS printer.
3. Using CRTPSFCFG, specify the printer’s TCP/IP configuration information. This PSF configuration object, which must be saved in library QGPL, overrides the APPC device description just created with the CRTDEVPRT command. See the example on page 99. At the command line, type: CRTPSFCFG and press .
Related information Vary on the printer device description: VRYCFG CFGOBJ(OPTRA) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON) Start the writer: STRPRTWTR OPTRA To PING the device: PING ‘ip_address’ or PING host_name For example, PING ‘157.184.67.102’ To list PSF configuration objects (in the library QGPL), use WRKPSFCFG command.
7.6.1 Example CRTDEVPRT for OS/400 V3R2 Device description . . . . . . . . : Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Category of device . . . . . . . . : Automatically created . . Device class . . . . . . . Device type . . . . . . . Device model . . . . . . . Advanced Function Printing AFP attachment . . . . . . Online at IPL . . . . . . Font . . . . . . . . . . . Identifier . . . . . . . Point size . . . . . . . Form feed . . . . . . . . Separator drawer . . . . . Separator program . . . .
7.6.2 Example CRTPSFCFG for OS/400 V3R2 PSF configuration . . . . . . Library . . . . . . . . . . User resource library . . . . IPDS pass through . . . . . . Activate release timer . . . . Release timer . . . . . . . . Restart timer . . . . . . . . SNA retry count . . . . . . . Delay time between retries . . Blank page . . . . . . . . . . Page size control . . . . . . Resident fonts . . . . . . . . Resource retention . . . . . . Edge orient . . . . . . . . . Remote location: Name or address . . . . . .
7.7 Printing IPDS from PSF/400 with OS/400 V3R7, V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, or V4R4 Install the latest cumulative PTF fix pack or tape for the system. x 1. 2. PTF 43310, which is available from IBM provides a fix for out of paper responses from the printer. Set up and start the TCP/IP network: x Create a Token-Ring or an Ethernet line description for the printer using CRTLINTRN or CRTLINETH. x Add a TCP/IP interface using ADDTCPIFC. x Add a router definition, if required, using ADDTCPRTE.
Note: With V3R7 you enter the TCP/IP address and port number in the printer device description. It is not entered here. Press to create the PSF object. 3. Create a printer device description for your printer using CRTDEVPRT. See the example on page 106. Note: Only the required fields are listed. Type CRTDEVPRT and press . Enter the following information: Device description DEVD (OPTRA is a user defined name.
Font: Identifier (11 is for Courier 10 CPI) Form feed FONT 11 FORMFEED *AUTOCUT Press (or ) Activation timer ACTTMR *NOMAX Press (or ) Press (or ) Remote location: RMTLOCNAME 157.184.67.
Related information To end the writer: ENDWTR OPTRA To PING the device: PING 'ip_address' or PING host_name For example: PING ‘157.184.67.102’ To list PSF configuration objects (in the library QGPL), use the WRKPSFCFG command.
7.7.1 Example CRTPSFCFG for OS/400 V3R7, V4R1, V4R2 V4R3, or V4R4 PSF configuration . . . . . . Library . . . . . . . . . . User resource library list . . Device resource library list . IPDS pass through . . . . . . Activate release timer . . . . Release timer . . . . . . . . Restart timer . . . . . . . . SNA retry count . . . . . . . Delay time between SNA retries Text 'description' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PSFCFG USRRSCLIBL DEVRSCLIBL IPDSPASTHR ACTRLSTMR RLSTMR RESTRTMR RETRY RETRYDLY .
7.7.2 Example CRTDEVPRT for OS/400 V3R7, V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, or V4R4 Device description . . . . . . Device class . . . . . . . . . Device type . . . . . . . . . Device model . . . . . . . . . LAN attachment . . . . . . . . Switched line list . . . . . . LAN remote adapter address . . Adapter type . . . . . . . . . Adapter connection type . . . Emulated twinaxial device . . Advanced Function Printing . . AFP attachment . . . . . . . . Port number . . . . . . . . . Switch setting . . . . . . . .
7.7.3 Example CRTDEVPRT for OS/400 V3R7, V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, or V4R4 (continued) Print while converting . . . . Print request timer . . . . . Form definition . . . . . . . Library . . . . . . . . . . Character identifier: Graphic character set . . Code page . . . . . . . Remote location: Name or address . . . . . . Local location . . . . . . . . Remote network identifier . . Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workstation customizing object Library . . . . . . . . . . Authority . . . . . . . . . .
7.8 Printing IPDS from PSF/MVS The SIMM for IPDS enables IPDS printing directly from a MVS mainframe. Software requirements for the MVS are: PSF/MVS Version 2 Release 2.0 with APAR OW15599,OW15018 and OW16442 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.
7.8.1 Steps to Create a New Printer 1. Define the printer to VTAM. PSFL2450 MODEENT LOGMODE=PSFL2450, FMPROF='13',TSPROF='07',PRIPROT='B0', SECPROT='B0',COMPROT='D0B1',RUSIZES='87F8' PSERVIC='060200000000000000002000' PSNDPAC='02,SRCVPAC='02',SSNDPAC='00' 2. Define the printer to a JES printer. a. Example for JES2 FSS(FSS1) PROC=PSFPROC,HASPFSSM=HASPFSSM PRT7 FSS=FSS1,MODE=FSS, PRMODE=(LINE,PAGE,SOSI1), CLASS=C,UCS=0,SEP,NOSEPDS,CKPTPAGE=100, DRAIN,MARK,TRKCELL=YES b.
7.8.2 Printer Sharing Parameters To enable the printer to start other print jobs from another protocol, interface or server the following parameters on the PRINTDEV statement have to be coded in the PSF STARTUP PROC: MGMTMODE=OUTAVAIL DISCINTV=15 TIMEOUT=REDRIVE FAILURE=WCONNECT IPADDR=157.184.67.
inactivity timer called the End-of-Job Timeout option. We will refer to both as the Endof-Job Timeout. The default is 90 seconds. It is recommended that the End-of-Job Timeout is disabled (set to 0) and the DISCINTV is set to 15 seconds, if the printer IPDS Timeout value is set to Host Controlled. If the End-of-Job Timeout is greater than the DISCINTV value, errors are very likely to occur if the printer requires user intervention.
7.8.3 Example PSF STARTUP PROC - JCL and PRINTDEV //SAMPLE PROC //* //STEP01 EXEC PGM=APSPPIEP,REGION=4096K,TIME=1440 //STEPLIB DD DSN=PSF.LINKLIB,DISP=SHR //JOBHDR OUTPUT PAGEDEF=V06483, /* JOB HEADER // FORMDEF=A10110,CHARS=GT12 /* //JOBTLR OUTPUT PAGEDEF=V06483, /* JOB TRAILER // FORMDEF=A10110,CHARS=GT12 /* FORMDEF //MSGDS OUTPUT PAGEDEF=A08682 /* MESSAGE // FORMDEF=A10110,CHARS=GT15 /* //* //FONT01 DD DSN=SYS1.FONTLIB,DISP=SHR/* SYSTEM FONTS // DD DSN=INST.
7.9 Printing IPDS from PSF/2 This section describes how to set up PSF/2 to make it possible to print IPDS data to a LAN attached printer using TCP/IP. This section does not describe how to connect PSF/2 to an IBM host to receive AFP and IPDS data. Please refer to the PSF/2 documentation for a description. System requirements OS/2 version 2.11 or newer DB/2 version 1.0 or newer PSF/2 version 2.0 or newer TCP/IP version 2.0 (CSD UN56401) or newer How to Create a New Printer 1.
2. On the PSF/2 Control Panel select |Profile| and then |New|. The PSF/2 New Device menu appears. Enter the device name and the device description and select a Device Resolution of 300 pel.
3. Select TCP/IP as Attachment Type and 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. The TCP/IP port number entered must be either 9100, 9102, or 9600. 9100 or 9600 for MarkNet internal print server 9100 for Parallel 1 on MarkNet Pro external print server or MarkNet XLe 9102 for Parallel 2 on MarkNet Pro external print server or MarkNet XLe Refer to 4.3.
4. On the PSF/2 Control Panel select Options and Setup queues. The Setup queues menu will appear. It will be blank at first. Enter the Queue name, description and select the Device and then select Setup. An OS/2 printer queue is now created and the printer is ready to print IPDS from OS/2 and a PSF/2 connected host. Note: 116 You can check the connection using the PSF/2 Print Submitter. A number of AFP print files are delivered with the PSF/2 package.
7.10 Printer Sharing in the PSF/2 Environment 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. Important: The End-of-Job Timeout has to be disabled (set to 0) in order to prevent the print server or adapter from releasing the TCP/IP protocol. See Setting the End-of-Job Timeout on page 84. Use the following steps to set the Job Interval Shutdown Timer option: 1.
3. Now select Tuning 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.
7.11 Printing IPDS from PSF/AIX To create a new IPDS printer definition in PSF/AIX perform the following actions: 1. Execute the command smit psf_add_prt_tcpip to get the PSF/AIX SMIT Printer Definition for TCP/IP attached printers. 2. Answer the following: Printer NAME: Enter a name for the IPDS printer. This name will also be used for the print queue associated with the printer. Internet ADDRESS: Enter the host name (preferred) or IP address you have assigned to the MarkNet adapter (e.g. 157.184.67.
Number of QUEUE DEVICES: Leave this at the default value (4 devices) initially. You can tune this option later, according to the throughput of the printer. Connect TIMEOUT: Initially leave this at the default value (30 seconds). Refer to the PSF/AIX on-line help for information about when to increase this value. DESCRIPTION: Enter an optional description for the printer. 3. Press Enter to create the new IPDS printer definition.
8 Using the SIMM for IPDS with the Adapter for SCS 8.1 Using the Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS This section describes how to set up the Adapter for SCS to make it possible to print IPDS data to either a direct coaxially attached printer or a direct twinaxially attached printer. Please refer to Appendix A for a list of compatible hardware attachments and supported host software.
Important: On IPDS code level 8223 and above, the IPDS emulation may be shared by IPDS hosts connected to the printer using the Adapter for SCS (Coax or Twinax attachment) and IPDS hosts connected to the printer using a MarkNet internal print server, or a MarkNet Pro external print server, or MarkNet XLe. When sharing the printer between these types of connections, the IPDS emulation will delete downloaded resources from one host session before beginning another session.
8.2 Using the Coax Interface with IPDS Note: When coax attached, the Adapter for SCS will, by default, use the IPDS emulation if a SIMM for IPDS is installed. If you install a new Adapter for SCS in an Optra printer with a SIMM for IPDS (and vice versa), you do not need to configure the Adapter for SCS to use the IPDS emulation. 8.3 IPDS Enabled Setting This is a setting on the Adapter for SCS, which only appears when the SIMM for IPDS is detected in the printer. The default is “Yes” (IPDS is enabled).
8.4 Changing the Coax Timeout Value (For Reference Only) If necessary you can change the Coax Timeout value by following these steps: 124 1. Press Menu> until NETWORK MENU displays. Press Select. 2. Press Menu> until NETWORK OPTION 1, NETWORK OPTION 2 or NETWORK OPTION 3 displays. The number corresponds to the number of the option connector the Adapter for SCS occupies. Press Select. 3. Press Menu> until you see SCS MENU 1, SCS MENU 2 or SCS MENU 3. Press Select. 4.
8.5 Verifying the Coax Interface with the SIMM for IPDS To verify the Adapter for SCS configuration, print a SCS IDB dump page. Follow these steps: 1. Press Menu> until NETWORK MENU displays. Press Select. 2. Press Menu> until NETWORK OPTION 1 displays. Press Select. (This example assumes the Adapter for SCS is installed in option connector 1.) 3. Press Menu> until SCS MENU 1 displays. Press Select. 4. Press Menu> until you see TEST OPTIONS. Press Select. 5. Press Menu> until you see SCS IDB DUMP.
8.6 Using the Twinax Interface with IPDS When twinax attached, the Adapter for SCS will, by default, NOT use the IPDS emulation if it is installed in the printer. The Adapter for SCS must be configured to use the installed SIMM for IPDS before it connects to the host. 8.7 Dual Addresses with the Twinax Interface When installing a SIMM for IPDS and Coax/Twinax adapter into an Optra printer, it is possible to use both the IPDS emulation and the SCS emulation simultaneously.
8.8 Twinax Interface Settings Only three setting options have to be considered to set up the Adapter for SCS for IPDS operation: SCS Device Address IPDS Device Address IPDS Buffer Sizes Note: Be certain to set the correct twinax address for both the SCS address and the IPDS address before physically connecting your printer to the twinax wiring system. If you were to incorrectly enter the same address used by another device, you would disable that device.
8.10 IPDS Device Address and IPDS Buffer Sizes Settings These settings for the Adapter for SCS only appear when the SIMM for IPDS is detected in the printer. The IPDS Device Address is used to select the twinax address for the IPDS emulation or to disable the IPDS emulation. IPDS Buffer Sizes is used to select the size of the data/command buffer used by the IPDS emulation when receiving data/commands from the twinax host. From the operator panel, do the following: 1.
8.11 Changing the Twinax Timeout Value (For Reference Only) If necessary you can change the Twinax Timeout value by following these steps: 1. Press Menu> until NETWORK MENU displays. Press Select. 2. Press Menu> until NETWORK OPTION 1, NETWORK OPTION 2 or NETWORK OPTION 3 displays. The number corresponds to the number of the option connector the Adapter for SCS occupies. Press Select. 3. Press Menu> until you see SCS MENU 1, SCS MENU 2 or SCS MENU 3. Press Select. 4.
8.12.1 Example CRTDEVPRT for OS/400 V3R7, V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, or V4R4 (locally attached) Device description . . . . . . Device class . . . . . . . . . Device type . . . . . . . . . Device model . . . . . . . . . LAN attachment . . . . . . . . Switched line list . . . . . . LAN remote adapter address . . Adapter type . . . . . . . . . Adapter connection type . . . Emulated twinaxial device . . Advanced Function Printing . . AFP attachment . . . . . . . . Port number . . . . . . . . . Switch setting . . . . . .
8.12.2 Example CRTDEVPRT for OS/400 V3R7, V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, or V4R4 (locally attached, continued) Paper source 1 . . . . . . . . Paper source 2 . . . . . . . . Envelope source . . . . . . . ASCII code page 899 support . Maximum pending requests . . . Print while converting . . . . Print request timer . . . . . Form definition . . . . . . . Library . . . . . . . . . . Character identifier: Graphic character set . . Code page . . . . . . . . Remote location: Name or address . . . . . . Local location . . . .
9 Printer Messages and Problems Review these problems and solutions for possible answers to your questions. Use the table below if you are searching for information on a printer message. Message 36 Resolution Reduced 38I Memory Full Bad Memory System Memory Full Menus Disabled Not enough memory for IPDS Recycle PWR to activate value Resources Lost Two IPDS Sources Recycle Power 1.
MarkNet internal print server, MarkNet Pro external print server, or MarkNet XLe “end-of-job-timeout” The recommended setting for the MarkNet internal print server, MarkNet Pro external print server, or MarkNet XLe end-of-job-timeout is 0 (disabled). This allows the host timer/timeout value or printer IPDS Timeout value (when using a MarkNet internal print server only) to control when print jobs from another protocol, interface, server, or host can be started.
IPDS Timeout = Host Controlled (when using MarkNet internal print server, MarkNet Pro external print server, or MarkNet XLe) Note: The printer defaults to Host Controlled when receiving IPDS jobs on port 9100 or 9102. If you selected any other IPDS Timeout value, go to IPDS Timeout = 15 seconds to 10 minutes on page 136. If you selected the IPDS Timeout value of Host Controlled to allow the host to directly control ending (disconnecting) a LAN session, follow the steps below to correct the problem. 1.
IPDS Timeout = 15 seconds to 10 minutes (when using a MarkNet internal print server only) If you selected the IPDS Timeout value of Host Controlled to allow the host to directly control ending (disconnecting) a LAN session, go to IPDS Timeout = Host Controlled on page 135. If you selected an IPDS Timeout value of 15 seconds to 10 minutes to allow the printer IPDS emulation to determine when an IPDS LAN session times out, follow the steps below to correct the problem. 1.
2. Problem: The message 36 Resolution Reduced displays and the printer stops. Solution: The printer memory is full and the page cannot be printed at the selected IPDS Resolution. Press Go and the page is printed at a lower resolution. If this is a constant problem and you want to print at the higher resolution, you need to add more memory to the printer. This message is an informational message on some Optra models.
4. C. There may be insufficient printer memory to temporarily store IPDS resources and print non-IPDS jobs. Add more memory to the printer. For information on recommended memory settings refer to appendix C. Recommended memory on page 171 D. The host may be downloading more IPDS resources than can be held in the printer’s memory. Add more memory to the printer. For information on the minimum recommended installed memory, see appendix C. Recommended memory on page 171.
5. Problem: Sometimes the messages (38I Memory Full or Memory Full) display on the printer operator panel and the connection with the printer is lost. What do these messages mean? What should I try? Solution: 38I Memory Full - this message is generated when there is insufficient memory to print the page. Memory Full - this message means the printer could not reestablish connection to PSF, the resources have been lost. The printer is disconnected from the host.
6. Problem: If I want to work with the menus for the Adapter for SCS, how do I know whether to choose NETWORK OPTION 1, NETWORK OPTION 2 or NETWORK OPTION 3? Solution: 7. A. Press Menu> until you see TESTS MENU. Press Select. B. Press Menu> until you see Print Menus. Press Select. The operator panel displays the message Printing Menu Settings. A listing of the menu settings indicating what options are installed in the different connectors prints.
8. Problem: The message Two IPDS Sources Recycle Power displays and the printer stops. Solution: The SIMM for IPDS supports only LAN attached hosts or a coaxial/twinaxial attached host. You must be trying to print from both: 9. x a coaxial/twinaxial attachment using an Adapter for SCS and either x a LAN attachment using a MarkNet internal print server Token-Ring or Ethernet adapter or x a parallel attachment using a MarkNet Pro or MarkNet XLe.
10. Problem: Intervention Required messages (printer offline, paper jam, out of paper, cover open, etc.) from the printer are causing problems on the IPDS host. Solution: You can suppress this message reporting by selecting "Do Not Report" for Intervention Required. You would then rely on users noticing the status of the printer. 11. Problem: The message Bad Memory System displays and the printer stops. Solution: The IPDS memory has been corrupted. Power the printer OFF and then ON. 12.
13. Problem: IPDS jobs will not work with Job Buffering set to On. Solution: The host expects immediate responses from the printer during job processing. Buffering a job to the disk delays the return of these responses. Set Job Buffering = Off under the NETWORK OPTION X menu. 14. Problem: I get the message Not enough memory for IPDS. Solution: The SIMM for IPDS requires a minimum of 4 MB of installed memory. Add additional memory to activate IPDS printing.
16. Problem: The message Resources Lost appears on the display before an IPDS job prints. Solution: IPDS resources were deleted by the printer. 144 A. Try to determine what is causing the resources to be deleted. See the section 4.3.14 IPDS Timeout on page 40 for additional information. B. Non-IPDS jobs may cause IPDS resources to be deleted. Add additional memory. Refer to appendix C. Recommended memory on page 171.
10 Warranty The limited warranty you received with your printer gives warranty terms and conditions. For warranty information, refer to your printer documentation.
Appendices A. Technical Specifications A.1 Printers Supported x x x Optra S Optra Se 3455 Optra K 1220 This option provides customers with an affordable solution for AFP/IPDS distributed or LAN printing with IPDS emulation. A.2 Product Description The SIMM for IPDS is an option which is installed in the printer optional firmware SIMM connector.
through Print Services Facility (PSF) except for PSF/400, which supports four input sources. A.3 IPDS Features List x x x Resource Towers: Page Segments, Overlays, and Loaded Fonts Data Towers: Text, Graphics, Bar Codes, IM Image, and IO Image IPDS Exception Reporting A.4 Compatibility Support Notes: 1. When the SIMM for IPDS is set to emulate an IBM 43xx, 311x, 3812/16 or 4028, the emulated printer function depends on the IBM host software. 2. IBM 43xx printer = IBM 4312, 4317 or 4324 printer. 3.
A.5 For Direct Network Attachment Hardware Compatibility When the printer contains an optional SIMM for IPDS, it attaches to a network using a MarkNet internal print server or a MarkNet Pro external print server or MarkNet XLe external print server.
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Software Compatibility The IBM host software requirements for AFP/IPDS printing when the SIMM for IPDS is set to emulate an IBM 43xx, 311x, 381x or 4028 printer are as follows: x AS/400 PSF/400 V3R2, V3R1, V3R7, V3R6, V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, V4R4 or greater x AS/400 OS/400 V4R4, V4R3, V4R2, V4R1, V3R2, V3R1, V3R7, V3R6, V3.0.5, V2R3, V2R2, V2R1 or greater x AS/400 OS/400 V3R6 with System Support Program (SSP) Release 7.5* x AS/400 SSP Release 7.1* x AS/Entry SSP Release 6.
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B. Font and Code Page Information B.1 International Language Definitions The SIMM for IPDS supports a variety of languages, which are grouped below into descriptions used by IBM in their materials. B.1.
B.1.4 Latin 4 Estonian Lappish Lithuanian Greenlandic Latvian B.1.5 Latin 5 Turkish B.1.6 Baltic Multilingual (Latin 6) Latvian Lithuanian B.1.7 Cyrillic Bulgarian Macedonian Serbo-Croatian B.1.
B.2 Font Support Overview There are 3 major sets of fonts supported by the SIMM for IPDS. x x x x IBM 4028 Compatibility Font Set IBM 38xx Compatibility Font Set IBM Core Interchange Font Set IBM Coordinated Font Set The 4028 Compatibility Font Set is compatible with the 4028 and the 3112/16 printers. These fonts are supported as 300 dpi bitmaps. For some of these fonts the IPDS can use an equivalent scalable font. This is controlled by the Font Type option under IPDS MENU.
B.3 IBM 4028 Compatibility IPDS Resident Font Set Fonts (Latin 1) The bitmap fonts included in the 4028 Compatibility Font Set are supporting the 300 dpi bitmap font in the 4028, 3112/16 and 43xx printer series. Most of these fonts support the Latin 1 languages.
G2 = All code pages in group G1 plus code page 1002. G3 = All code pages in group G2 plus code pages 850 and 437. * = These fonts exist in both bitmapped and scalable (outline) versions dependent on the Font Type setting. # = For these fonts the scalable Times New Roman Typefaces in the appropriate sizes from the Core Font Set are always used. % = These fonts only exist in scalable versions.
B.4 IBM 3812/16 Compatibility Font Set When the 3812/16 emulation is selected, these bitmap fonts replace the 4028 Compatibility Font Set.
** = Most of the 3812/16 Compatibility fonts support the Latin 1 set of code pages. This includes the euro code pages 1140 – 1149. In addition to the above set of fonts a number of other FGIDs are also recognized by the IPDS. These are simulated by substitution with one of the above fonts or by bolding one of the above fonts. B.4.
B.5 IBM Core Interchange Resident Scalable Font Set The typefaces defined for the IBM Core Set font provide support for the following groups of languages and are supported in the Optra printer: Latin 1 including DCF, Latin 2, Latin 3, Latin 4 and Latin 5, Cyrillic, Baltic, Greek and symbols. Symbols are provided in medium and bold typefaces only.
B.6 IPDS Core Font Set Code Page Support The code pages supported by the Core Font Set are listed below. A selection of these code pages can be set as default from the front panel. See IPDS MENUS on page 31 for those code pages, which can be selected. B.6.
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B.6.4 Latin 2, 3, 4, 5 Code Pages Languages Eastern Europe PC Latin 2 ISO (ANSI) Latin 2 Multilingual Latin 2 Multilingual EBCDIC Latin 3 Multilingual EBCDIC Latin 3 Multilingual PC Latin 4 EBCDIC Latin 4 ISO (ASCII) Latin 5 EBCDIC Latin 5 ISO (ANSI) Latin 5 PC Codepage 852 912 1110 870 905 853 1069 914 1026 920 857 GCSGID 982 959 1111 959 1286 983 1256 1256 1152 1152 987 B.6.5 Latin EBCDIC DCF Code Pages Languages DCF Rel.
B.6.7 Arabic Code Pages Languages Arabic Bilingual Arabic ISO (ASCII) Arabic PC GML List symbols Note: Codepage 420 1008 864 1039 GCSGID 235 1162 994 1258 Arabic code pages/fonts are only supported in an optional font package. The IPDS printer emulation accesses these fonts from a user flash memory installed in the flash memory connector. B.6.
B.7 IBM Coordinated Font Set The IBM Coordinated Set is supported in Latin 1 Country Extended Code Pages, Publishing, DCF code pages and Latin 1 ASCII only. See section B.5 IBM Core Interchange Resident Scalable Font Set for a complete listing of fonts.
B.8 Postnet Font Support The Postnet bar code font is available in all emulations on IPDS code level 8223 and above. Typeface Postnet FGID 4094 Code pages that can be used with FGID 4094 include the following. Codepage 1301 1302 1303 GCSGID 1451 1452 1453 Function Postnet bar code Facing Identification Marks Business Reply Bar In addition the Postnet font can also be used to replace numeric characters on other code pages.
B.9 Font Substitution If a font is not available, a different font is substituted using a best-fit algorithm. This substitution is based on the FGID and the font width. If any of the font IDs in the following tables are used in a document, they are mapped to the substituted font id given. B.9.1 4028 / 31xx / 43xx Font substitution The following substitution IDs are used if the Font Type option is set to Use Scalable.
The following table applies only if the Font Type option is set to Use Bitmaps. Typestyle Courier 12 Bold Original FGID 108 Substituted FGID/Font Width 85 b 120 fw Courier 17.1 Bold 253 254 b 84 fw Letter Gothic 12 87 85 120 fw Letter Gothic 12 Bold 110 85 b 120 fw Prestige Pica Bold 60 12 b 144 fw b = Bold B.9.2 3812/16 Font substitution The following substitution IDs are used if the Font Type option is set to Use Scalable.
The following table applies only if the Font Type option is set to Use Bitmaps. Typestyle Prestige Pica Bold Original FGID 60 Substituted FGID/Font Width 12 b 144 fw Courier 12 Bold 108 85 b 120 fw Letter Gothic 12 Bold 110 87 b 120 fw Courier 17.
C. Recommended memory Minimum total recommended printer memory for each resolution setting. Additional memory above the minimum recommended may be required for printing complex jobs.
D. Related Publications D.1 Lexmark Publications Optra S User’s Guide (1250, 1620, 1650, 2420, 2450) P/N 43H1702 Optra S User’s Guide (1255, 1625, 1855, 2455) P/N 43H5318 Optra Se 3455 User’s Guide P/N 11K0900 Optra K 1220 User’s Guide P/N 11A4040 Network Adapter Hardware Setup P/N 16A0120 Network Adapter User's Guide P/N 16A0042 D.
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Glossary Abend Verb which means to end a process abnormally. AFP Advanced Function Presentation or Printing. AIX IBM’s implementation of the UNIX operating system. The RISC System/6000, among others, runs the AIX operating system. BOOTP BOOTstrap Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol that enables a workstation on a network to find its IP address.
RFC Request for Comments The document series that describes a part of the Internet suite of protocols and related experiments. All Internet standards are documented as RFC’s. Server A network device that allows sharing of resources such as programs, storage and printers between multiple LAN workstations. SIMM Single Inline Memory Module. Subnet Mask TCP/IP 176 For Internet sub-networking, a 32-bit mask used to identify the sub-network address bits in the host portion of an IP address.
Index A Aborting a cancel request ................ 72 Activating saved option changes...... 26 Adapter for SCS ....11;121;123;125;126;127;137;150 Adapter for SCS code levels.......... 121 All Input Trays................................. 64 ALL INPUT TRAYS....................... 64 Anti-static precautions ..................... 19 Asterisk (*) ...................................... 24 Asterisk “*”................................. 28;44 B Bad Memory System...................... 142 Blinking Busy ..............
Default Codepage .................... 31 Default CPI .............................. 32 Default FGID ........................... 32 Exception Control.................... 36 Font Control............................. 37 Font Type................................. 37 Intervention Required .............. 39 IPDS Emulation ....................... 30 IPDS Resolution ...................... 38 IPDS timeout ........................... 40 IPDS Version........................... 43 Page Counter..........................
IPDS timeout ................................... 40 IPDS Version................................... 43 J Job Buffering ................................. 143 Job Menu ......................................... 71 L LAN Attachment.............................. 26 LAN environment ............................ 83 Lead-in string................................... 77 Lead-out string................................. 77 Lexmark support ......................... 12;87 M Manual Env Adj...............................
OS/400 V4R3 ................................ 101 OS/400 V4R4 ................................ 101 Other Env Size................................. 53 Other Envelope paper size description ..................................................... 48 P Page Counter.................................... 33 PAPER HANDLING menu Available options ......................... 44 Option descriptions...................... 46 Duplex Control ........................ 46 IPDS Blank Pages....................
Setting MarkNet internal Print Server Job Timeout ................................. 86 Setting the MarkNet Pro external print server busy timeout ...................... 88 Setting the MarkNet Pro external print server job timeout ........................ 88 Setting the MarkNet XLe busy timeout ..................................................... 91 Setting the MarkNet XLe job timeout ..................................................... 90 Settings requiring operator intervention ..........................
