Xerox 2060 manual Test the printer to ensure it prints from the MVS host

Defining the printer to the host: TCP/IP attachment

6. Test the printer to ensure it prints from the MVS host

Test the printer by one of the following methods:

•Send a job from the host through PSF to print on the printer.

•Ping the printer from your MVS host to ensure MVS can establish a connection with the TCP/IP-attached printer.

Pinging the printer To ping the printer from the MVS host, enter one of the following

– MVS commands:

•At your MVS host, enter the following command at the TSO prompt or from the Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), menu 6:

PING ip-address

•Enter the following command from any ISPF command line:

TSO ping ip-address

ip-addressspecifies the internet protocol (IP) address of the printer.

If the ping is successful:

Table F-9. Example of a successful ping – MVS

EZA0458I Ping V3R1: Pinging host 9.99.12.33

(Use ATTN to interrupt)

EZA 0463I PING: Ping #1 response took 0.084 seconds.

Successes so far = 1.

NOTE: A successful ping usually indicates that the MVS system can communicate with the printer. However, you could receive a successful ping even if the IP address of the TCP/IP-attached printer is a duplicate of another IP address.

If PSF is unable to establish a network connection with the TCP/ IP-attached printer, or if PSF output for this printer prints elsewhere, follow these steps to determine whether the IP address of the printer is unique:

1.Power off the printer.

2.Wait at least five minutes for TCP/IP to clear the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) tables.

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