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IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide AS/400 and iSeries LAN Printing Using the Printer Standard Network Port or MarkNet Internal Print Server
Note 1: Setting the Activation Timer to *NOMAX allows multiple writers or multiple hosts to use
the same printer. The writer does not time out while waiting on the printer to start a new job.
Step 4 Configure the Printer’s Print Server TCP/IP Settings
To enable IPDS printing with a Standard Network port or a MarkNet internal LAN print server, several settings
must be verified. You can verify these settings from the printer control panel as shown below.
1 From a Ready state press the MENU button (printers) or touch (Menus on MFPs).
2 Use the navigation buttons or icons to scroll to Network/Ports.
3 Select Network/Ports.
TIp: To do this on printers, press the Select button ; on MFPs just touch Network/Ports.
4 Now you will see a list of menus. Select the TCP/IP menu.
5 Use the navigation buttons or icons to scroll through the options. Check each of the following settings and
change them as needed to configure TCP/IP communication.
Library.............................
User defined driver program........... USRDRVPGM *NONE
Library.............................
System driver program................. SYSDRVPGM
Secure connection..................... SECURECNN *NO
Validation list....................... VLDL *NONE
Library............................
Publishing information: .............. PUBLISHINF
Support duplex..................... *UNKNOWN
Support color...................... *UNKNOWN
Pages per minute black............. *UNKNOWN
Pages per minute color............. *UNKNOWN
Location........................... *BLANK
Data streams supported ............ *UNKNOWN
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Text 'Description'.................... TEXT >
'IPDS PRINTER'
(Note: 'IPDS PRINTER' is user defined text.)
Dependent location name............... DEPLOCNAME *NONE
Additional Parameters
Remote network identifier............. RMTNETID *NETATR
Workstation customizing object........ WSCST *NONE
Library............................
Authority............................. AUT *LIBCRTAUT
Example CRTDEVPRT with parameters to change shown in
bold.