Attaching Printer Directly (iSeries) 

Use

You can attach printers directly by using LAN or by using Twinax.

Procedure

To create a device description (* DEVD) for a directly attached printer, for example an HP-compatible LAN attached printer, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Enter the iSeries command CRTDEVPRT.

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(PRT100) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) LANATTACH(*IP)
PORT(9100) FONT(11 *NONE) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) PRTERRMSG(*INFO)
INACTTMR(*SEC15) TRANSFORM(*YES)
MFRTYPMDL(*HP4) RMTLOCNAME('<ip-hostname of the printer>')
SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV)

       2.      To start the printer, enter the iSeries command STRPRTWTR .

STRPRTWTR DEV(PRT100)