Xerox 4890 IPS Printer User Manual


 
DEFINING THE PRINTER TO THE HOST: TCP/IP ATTACHMENT
XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850/4890 IPS INSTALLATION PLANNING GUIDE E-19
Configuration steps AS/400
Follow these steps to configure your AS/400 to print to an IPS printer
connected to the LAN, using TCP/IP.
Configuration worksheet The following worksheet will help you in planning the IPS 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 IPS printer for TCP/IP at the GUI
Refer to your IPS Guide to Configuring and Managing the System,
chapter 4, Setting the system configuration, for this graphical user
interface (GUI) procedure to specify the TCP/IP interface.
2. Create the PSF/400 configuration
Follow these steps to configure PSF/400 for the IPS printer.
1. At the AS/400, press <F4> to prompt the CRTPSFCFG
command.
2. Key in the parameter values as indicated in the figure below. For
parameters with * beside them, refer to the configuration
worksheet, earlier in this section.
Table E-14. AS/400 configuration worksheet for 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 IPS software installation. This is
the printer IP address.
Port number PORT IPS configuration Interface window and
subwindows. The value 5001 works best
for IPDS printers.
PSF configuration PSFCFG Same as Device description