InterForm Manual - System & Method

3. At the PC5250 Printer Emulation Setup screen, specify the message queue and library
where print messages should be sent. The default is QSYSOPR. Select Transform Print
Data and Printer model HP Laserjet 4.
4. A host session is started. The Session panel is displayed with an overlying printer status
panel whose title bar contains the System i system name and the printer ID. If you didn't
specify an ID at the Configure PC5250 panel, the System i automatically creates a printer
device (if the System i's system value QAUTOVRT is not set to 0) and its name is displayed.
Select Printer Setup from the Session panel's File menu.
5. At the Printer Setup screen, check that the correct PC-attached printer is highlighted as the
default printer. You can ignore the Setup button. It takes you to a panel that lets you define
additional printing information such as paper size and orientation and number of drawers.
The System i can override much of this information. Click OK.
6. Back at the Session panel, select Save As from the File menu. At the Save WorkStation
Profile as screen, enter the printer ID in the File Name field and select the directory in which
you want to store the printer emulation profile. The file name should have a .WS extension.
Click OK. You will be asked whether you want an icon and in what directory it should be
placed. I suggest that you say Yes to the icon and the location recommendation.
Attaching through a TCP/IP LPD Printer Server (Remote Writer)
A TCP/IP LPD Printer Server exists in form of interface boxes, integrated Printer interfaces,
Spool Servers and Workstation Daemons.
No device description is used when printing by use of a remote writer. The TCP/IP address of
the Printer Server is defined directly in the output queue definition.
You can create or change an existing output queue to define an output queue to send print to
an LPD Printer Server.
Creating or Changing an Output Queue for TCP/IP LPD Printing
The following presuppose that TCP/IP has been configured and started on the System i:
1. In case a printing program is already assigned for the queue use the following command to
end it:
ENDWTR WTR(PRTXXX) OPTION(*IMMED)
2. Enter the following command to change the queue:
CHGOUTQ OUTQ(QUSRSYS/PRTXXX) and press F4
(For creating a new queue just replace CHG with CRT.)
3. Now fill in the following fields:
Remote System RMTSYS(*INTNETADR)
Remote Printer Queue RMTPRTQ(PR1)
(Insert the required port name for the queue. Some manufacturers
require a specific name for the LPD queue in order to allow binary
transfer, and others will automatically default to binary transfer if a
random name is entered. Consult the manual for your Printer Server, or
try with eg. PR1).
Examples: Use ‘raw1' for the HP JetDirect, and ‘lp’ for ZebraNet
PrintServer.
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