User`s guide

AXIS 570/670 User’s Guide TN5250E Printing in the AS/400 environment 11
2. Type STRPRTWTR xxxxPRT01 on the AS/400 command line, where xxxxPRT01 is the
printer device name. This will start the writer for this printer device.
3. Press the AXIS 570/670 test button once to print a test page. Ensure that the SNA status is
defined on the test page as
Idle, Actv
or
LU-1
.
TN5250E Printing in the AS/400 environment
Before you begin:
Configuring the AS/400 Host System
Follow the instructions below to verify that the AS/400 host is correctly configured for TN5250E
printing:
•Type DSPSYSVAL QAUTOVRT on the AS/400 command line. Make sure that the value of
the QAUTOVRT parameter is greater than the number of auto-configured virtual devices on
your AS/400 system.
Configuring the AXIS 570/670
Follow the instructions below to configure the AXIS 570/670 for TN5250E printing using a Web
browser:
1. Start a Web browser, e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
2. Enter the IP address or the host name of the AXIS 570/670 in the location field and press the
Enter key on your keyboard. The internal Web pages of the AXIS 570/670 appear. You may be
asked to enter a user name and a password. The default values are root and pass, respectively.
3. Click the Configuration button.
4. Ensure that the IP address, subnet mask and default router are appropriately set for your
network.
5. Select IBM BASIC CONFIGURATION from the header.
6. Select your preferred system language from the System Language drop-down list.
7. Select 3812_TX from the Printer Emulation drop-down list and click the Submit IBM
BASIC CONFIGURATION settings button.
Make sure that the AS/400 host is running OS/400 V3R2 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
http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com/as4sde/nas4apar.nsf/nas4aparhome.
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