Chapter 11 Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS/400

Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS/400

To test IPDS printing:

1.If it is not already on, vary on the line description:

VRYCFG CFGTYPE(*LIN)

2.To start TCP/IP, enter STRTCP.

3.Verify that the AS/400 TCP/IP interface is active. Use the command:

WRKTCPSTS

and then select option 1.

4.Turn the printer on and wait until the printer control panel displays “ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY.”

5.To verify the printer is connected to AS/400, ping the printer from an AS/400 workstation with one of the following commands:

PING ip_address or

PING hostname

where ip_address is the Internet address of the remote system printer (the NIC), and hostname is the hostname you defined for the printer, if any.

•If the ping is not successful, refer to “Cannot PING The Printer” on page 273.

•If the ping is successful, vary on the printer device description with the command:

VRYCFG (printer_device) CFGTYPE(*DEV)STATUS(*ON)

6.To use PSF/400 to send an IPDS file to the printer, enter:

STRPRTWTR DEV (printer_device)

where printer_device is the name of the printer.

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