User`s guide

AXIS 5470e/570/670e User’s Guide AS/400 IPDS over PPR/PPD Printing

AS/400 IPDS over PPR/PPD Printing

Note:

Before you begin:

Configuring the AS/400 Host System

When configuring the AS/400 host system you must:

• create a printer device description

Creating a Printer Device Description

Follow the instructions below to create a printer device description:

1. Issue the command CRTDEVPRT.

2. Select a name for the printer device and enter it at the

Device Description (DEVD) line.

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. In the following instructions, the printer device name

will be referred to as AXISPR1.

3. Enter

*LAN at the Device class (DEVCLS) line.

4. Enter

*IPDS at the Device type (TYPE) line.

5. Enter

0 at the Device model (MODEL) line.

6. Enter

*IP at the LAN attachment (LANATTACH) line.

7. Enter a port number at the

Port number (PORT) line. The Axis print server is

pre-configured with the port numbers 5001, 5002 and 5003 for IPDS printing.

8. Enter a FGID number at the

Font Identifier (FONT) line, e.g. 11 (Courier).

9. Define the

Remote location (RMTLOCNAME). Use the IP address of the AXIS

5470e/670e.

10. Press the Enter key on your keyboard to create the printer device description.

AXIS 570 and some AXIS 5470e versions do not support IPDS. Please refer to Product Model

Summary, on page 7.

• Make sure that the AS/400 host is running OS/400 V3R6 or higher with TCP/IP support installed and config-

ured.

• Make sure that the latest PTFs are installed. Information about which PTFs to use can be obtained from

http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com/