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Q: Can the print server be used with IBM AS/400 with AIX OS? How to configure?

A: You can print a job from IBM AS400 to the print server using LPD protocol.

The following is the installation procedure for IBM AIX 4.15 - LPD Configuration

Before proceeding, ensure that the Print Server has been assigned and IP Address. To setup your AIX system for LPD printing,
perform the following steps.

  • Add the Print Server to /etc/hosts. lpd, using the name you assigned to the Print Server.
  • Start the LPD daemon if it is not running, using the following command: start src -s q daemon
  • Start the system administration tool submit and select Print Spooling
  • Create the required number of queues (one for each lpt port) by selecting the following:
    • Add a Print Queue
    • Remote (Printer attached to Remote Host)
    • Standard Processing
When working with LPD printing from an AS/400 system, there are several fields that must be defined.
1. Remote system must be defined as *INTNETADR
2. Remote printer queue -> lpt1  
    For a 3 port print server, it will be lpt1, lpt2, or lpt3 which depends on the specific printer being located on which port of the print server .  
3. Connection type must be *IP 
4. Internet address -> IP address of the Print Server unit
5. Destination type must be *OTHER
6. Transform SCS to ASCII must be *YES to let the AS/400 do the character translation
7. Manufacturer type and model must be the print driver that goes along with your printer
 
Print using the following command:
  • lp  -d  printer_queue   file_name
  • Where printer queue is one of the entries used in Name of queue to add.
  • file name is the file you wish to print.

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