User`s guide

TN5250E Printing in the AS/400 environment AXIS 570/670 User’s Guide
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8. Select IBM PRINTER DRIVER from the header.
9. Make sure that the Printer Driver parameter is matching your printer and click the Submit
IBM PRINTER DRIVER settings button.
10. Select IBM PAGE FORMAT from the header.
11. Select the appropriate page properties and click the Submit IBM PAGE FORMAT settings
button.
12. Select TN5250E from the header.
13. Enter the IP address of your AS/400 host in the Host IP Address field.
14. Enter a printer device name of your choice in the Printer Name field. 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.
15. Enter the AS/400 host’s Telnet port number in the Port field. The default port number (23)
can be used in most environments.
16. Select which logical printer to use from the Logical Printer drop-down list.
17. Set Auto Connect to ON
18. Repeat steps 13-17 for each session you want to set up.
19. Click the Submit TN5250E settings button to initialize the TN5250E sessions.
Verifying the communication link
1. Type WRKCFGSTS *DEV xxxx*, where xxxx are the first four characters of the printer
device name, on the AS/400 command line. A list of printer devices will be displayed. Make
sure that a virtual printer device is active.
2. Direct a printout to this printer device to check the integrity of the communication link.
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