Xerox 180 IPS Table E-25.Parametersfor PSF/2 device definition, PING ip-address, Item description

DEFINING THE PRINTER TO THE HOST: TCP/IP ATTACHMENT

Table E-25.Parameters for PSF/2 device definition

Item description	Default	Source of value	Comments	Your value
Queue Name	None	Your choice	Internal name of queue
Queue Description	None	Your choice	Appears under the icon
			on the OS/2 Desktop
			as the name of the IPS
			printer queue.

5.Ensure that the Device name selected on the Device list is the IPS printer you defined previously.

6.Select Setup. The printer queue is created on the OS/2 desktop.

7.To make this queue available to other users on the LAN, follow the procedures documented in either the Installation Cookbook for AS/400 or the Installation Cookbook for S/370.

Note: Once the OS/2 Printer Queue object has been created on the Desktop, do not attempt to alter its values using its Settings dialog. Return to the PSF/f2 folder and the Control Panel to make any necessary changes.

5. Test the printer connection in OS/2

Test the printer by one of the following methods to ensure OS/2 can make a connection with it:

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Ping the printer from your OS/2 system to ensure the OS/2 can establish a connection with the TCP/IP-attached IPS.

To verify that the OS/2 system can pass output to the printer, send a short ASCII text file from the host through PSF to print on the IPS. (Refer to your IPS Guide to Configuring and Managing the System for printing procedures.)

Pinging the printer – OS/2 To ping the printer, enter the following command on an OS/2 command line:

PING ip-address

ip-addressspecifies the internet protocol (IP) address of the IPS printer (refer to the configuration worksheet, earlier in this section).

If your ping is successful:

Table E-26.Example of a successful ping – OS/2

EZA0458I Ping V3R1: Pinging host 9.99.12.33

(Use ATTN to interrupt)

EZA0463I PING: Ping #1 response took 0.084 seconds.

Successes so far = 1.

Note: A successful ping usually indicates that the OS/2 system can communicate with the IPS. 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.

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