Follow these steps:
1. Select a printer address from 0 through 6.
2. From the printer operator panel Twinax Interface menu, make sure the printer
3. If the IPDS feature is not installed, you must choose to emulate either a 5225 or
4. If the IPDS feature is installed, you must choose to emulate a 4234-12, from the
5. Turn printer off.
6. Attach the Twinax cable from your printer to your host workstation.
7. Turn the printer back on. The IBM System i's auto configuration program will
8. You may want to execute the IBM System i Workstation Printer (VFYPRT)
Note: If you do not want to use the system printer configuration that is created by
Changing Your IBM System i Printer Configuration
For more information on configuring a printer, see iSeries Device Configuration Guide
or the online configuration information on the system.
Changing Configuration with Auto Configuration
Auto Configuration can be utilized when either locally or remotely attaching to the
system. The printer is configured as DEVTYPE (4234). Other parameters are
automatically assigned by the system. See the iSeries Device Configuration Guide for
more information.
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address matches the printer address you selected from the table above. You can
select addresses ranging from 0 through 6; the default address is 1.
4234-2 printer from the Twinax Interface menu, under Printer Emulation. The
default is 4234-2 printer emulation.
IPDS menu, under IPDS Emulation Mode. The default is 4234-12 printer
emulation. See the IPDS Programmer's Reference Manual for information on the
IPDS Emulation Mode values.
query the printer and configure the host system software to recognize the
printer.
Verification Test to make sure the IBM System i host system recognizes the
printer.
the auto configuration program, you can change the printer configuration
values as described in the following section.