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Verifying Your Configuration on the RISC System/6000 System
1. Verify the printer configuration by printing an RS/6000 file directly to the
attached printer. Specify the following:
cat /etc/qconfig > /dev/lp0
2. Test that the virtual printer works correctly by specifying the following:
enq -P asc /etc/qconfig
3. Use LPR on the AS/400 system to send a spooled file to the RS/6000 system to
be printed using the AIX print queue asc. Find a spooled file that you want to
send and write down the file, job, and spool number information. Next, complete
the LPR command as shown in the following example, using the file, job, and
spool number of your spooled file.
Note: It is important to enclose the PRTQ parameter asc within apostrophes.
This is because the RS/6000 system is case sensitive. Send the print
queue name asc as it appears in lowercase.
LPR RMTSYS(RCHRS001) PRTQ('asc')
FILE(FTPBATCHT)
JOB(059016/HANS/FTPBATCHT)
SPLNBR(1) DESTTYP(*OTHER)
TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*IBM42011)
Printer not Active — Symptom
When you specify enq -A at the RS/6000 system to display the status of the print
queue, the printouts to be printed are queuing in that print queue. If the printer has
been offline for some time, the status of that queue could become DOWN.
The following are possible causes for the DOWN status:
Printer is offline.
Printer status is DOWN.
Printer paper jam.
To correct the possible causes, perform the following steps:
1. Press the online button at the printer.
2. If the print queue status shows DOWN, specify the following RS/6000 command to
get the print queue to READY status again:
qadm -U asc
where asc is the print queue name.
3. To clear the paper jam and get the printer ready for printing again, perform the
following steps:
a. Clear the paper in the printer.
b. Display the status of the print queue using the following command:
enq -A
c. To clear any outstanding print jobs in the print queue, if necessary, specify
the following command:
qcan -xnn
where nn is the job number in the status screen.
d. If the status of the printer is DOWN, specify the following command:
qadm -U asc
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