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Lexmark Forms Printer 2591+

Lexmark Forms Printer 2591+

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How to configure the network ready Lexmark 2581 or 2591 series Forms (Dot Matrix) printer in an AS/OS400 environment

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Overview

This article describes how to create an
AS/400
 device description for the new network-equipped
2500 Series
 impact printers.

Procedure

Step
Action
1
Before you begin, you must log in as the system operator or the security officer (
QSYSOPR
 or
QSECOFR
), or have print operator authority.
2
Type
CRTDEVPRT
 (create device printer) from a command line.
3
Give the printer a device name of your choice.
4
Specify the
DEVICE CLASS
 as
*LAN
; this applies to ethernet or token ring topologies.
5
Set the
TYPE
 to
3812
and
MODEL
 to
1
.
6
Set the
LAN
Attachment
 (
LANATTACH
) to
*IP
.
7
Set the
PORT
number
 to
9100
 for an internal network adapter
8
Specify the default
Font
: identifier you want to use for this device; for example,
FONT: identifier 11
.
9
Set
FORMFEED
 to
*CONT
.
10
Set the Activation timer (
ACTTMR
) to
170
.
11
Set the Inactivity timer (
INACTTMR
) to
*SEC15
.
12
Set
HOST PRINT TRANSFORM
 (
HPT
) to
*YES
 and set the Manufacture type and model (
MFRTYPMDL
) to
*LEX2391
, for example.
MFRTYPMDL
 is variable, select the printer model closest in value to your printer model. To view the possible values under MFRTYPMDL, press
F4
.
13
For the
Remote Location Name
 or
address
 (
RMTLOCNAME
) field, enter the
IP address
 or the
host name
 for your network adapter.
14
Lastly, set the
System Driver Program (SYSDRVPGM
) to
*IBMSNMPDRV
 and save the printer device description.
15
Now you must
VARY ON
 the device. From a command line type
WRKDEVD
.
16
Move your cursor to the printer you have just created, type the number
8
, and then press
Enter
.
17
Press number
1
 to
VARY ON
 the device, and press
Enter
. The device should now show
VARIED ON
.
18
Press
F12
 to exit out of WRKDEVD and back to your
command line
.
19
At the command line type
WRKWTR
.
20
Move your cursor to the writer that has been created,
press 1
 to start the writer, and then press
Enter
.
21
You can press
F5
to refresh this screen until you see
21
, which signifies that the writer’s status (
Sts
) is ready (
RDY
).
22
Press
F12
 to exit
WRKWTR
.
23
You will have to view the messages on the queue twice. Use
G
the first time, then
I
 the second.
24
You are now ready to print.
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.pdf
 version of this procedure. The file is large:
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Additional information

The steps above enable printing of
basic non-IPDS jobs only
. Should you need further support on printing non-IPDS jobs, please contact
IBM
*
service team
.
*
International Business Machines
LEGACY ID:
HO3521

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