Table91. Twinax Software Support for the 4247 Printer (continued)
IBM System or
Controller IBM Software
(minimum release
level)
4247 Mode 4224/4230 Emulation 3268/3287 Emulation
AS/400
IPDS Mode OS/400 Version3 Rel
1
OS/400 Version3 Rel
6
GDDM
Adv Funct. Print Ut
V2R1
PSF/400 Release 3.1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
System/370 and 390 PSF/MVS V2.2.0 and
later
PSF for OS/390
Yes Yes No
Using PSF
In PSF for OS/390, PSF/VSE, and PSF/VM (S/390 PSFs), identify the desired paper source in the
FORMDEF,using the appropriate Media ID number as defined in “Identifying the Paper Source (Media
IDs)”on page 130. For selecting the Manual Cut Sheet, use 100 as the Media ID number.
Youcan use Page Printer Formatting Aid (PPFA) to create Form Definitions for S/390 and AIX
environments. PPFAis also available for AS/400 as an optional feature of the IBM AFP PrintSuite for
OS/400. The following is a sample of PPFAcommands that you could use to select the first ASF bin on a
4247 printer:
SETUNITS 1 IN 1 IN;
FORMDEF 4247B1 REPLACE YES
BIN 5;
In AS/400, you can specify a Form Definition with the PRTAFPDTAcommand and DEVTYPE=*AFPDS.In
OS/400 V3R2 and V3R7 or later releases, you can specify Form Definitions in the Printer File.
Selecting AS/400 Media
Toselect the input media source in AS/499, use a combination of two Printer File parameters: Form Feed
(FORMFEED) and Source Drawer (DRAWER). For a 4247 Printer with both Continuous Feed andASF
installed, with the printer configured in either the 4247 Printer mode or the emulation (4230/42x4) mode,
you should use the following selection parameters:
Front CF: FORMFEED (*CONT) (See notes1&2)
Rear CF: FORMFEED (*AUTOCUT) DRAWER (2) (See note 2)
ASF Bin1: FORMFEED (*AUTOCUT) DRAWER (5)
ASF Bin2: FORMFEED (*AUTOCUT) DRAWER (6)
ASF Bin3: FORMFEED (*AUTOCUT) DRAWER (7)
Manual: FORMFEED (*CUT) (See note 3)
Notes:
1. You can also select the Front CF source by using FORMFEED (*AUTOCUT) DRAWER (1); however,
FORMFEED (*CONT) is the recommended method.
2. In AS/400, when you specify that the paper is cut sheet (*AUTOCUT) instead of continuous forms, the
Forms Alignment message normally issued for continuous forms cannot be issued.
3. You can select the manual feed source only if you are running on an IPDS printer.
If the 4247 Printer is configured for Compatibility Paper Source Selection as described above, and only an
ASF is installed, you can select a bin with the following parameters:
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