Defining the printer to the host: TCP/IP attachment
F-22 Installation Planning Guide
NOTE: There may be printer performance and throughput
implications with some of these configurations. It is
recommended that your network management group be inv olv ed
with planning this installation.
Configuration steps – AS/400
Follow these steps to configure your AS/400 to print to a printer
connected to the LAN, using TCP/IP.
Configuration
worksheet The following worksheet will help you in planning the printer
installation. It describes the key values which you need to supply
when planning the AS/400 configuration. All values on this
worksheet must be determined before you begin the printer
configuration on the host.
NOTE: It is assumed that your AS/400 is connected to the LAN
and all the prerequisite software is installed and configured.
1. Configure the printer for TCP/IP at the printer controller
Refer to the
Guide to Configuring and Managing the System
for
the procedure to specify the TCP/IP option.
Table F-14. AS/400 configuration worksheet for NPS/IPS
Item description Also known as... Source Your value
Device
description DEVD This is the name of the printer (writer). An
Output Queue of the same name is
automatically created. Spool files that you
place in this Output Queue are directed to the
printer.
Remote location RMTLOCNAME Xerox printer software installation. This is the
printer IP address.
Port number PORT Use the Set Option command to set the
option IPDSTcpPortNumber. The value 5001
works best for IPDS printers.
PSF
configuration PSFCFG Same as Device description