Creating a Print Device

Use this to set-up network printers as a device if PJL column from this link is Yes:

CALL QCMD

<Enter>

Press F11

(This will give you enough command lines so you can paste in the next 5 lines)

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(finance) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1)

LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100) FONT(011) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) ACTTMR(300) INACTTMR(*SEC15)

PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI)

RMTLOCNAME('172.16.0.201') SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT(‘Finance’)

Change the value for CRTDEVPRT DEVD(finance) to the name you want to call printer.

Change the value for MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) to the one from the following website:

Change the value for RMTLOCNAME('172.16.0.201') to your printers IP address.

Change the value for TEXT(Finance) to your description of printer.

WRKCFGSTS *DEV finance

<Enter>

Vary on the print device.

WRKOUTQ Find the out queue (In this case finance). Then use 9 "Work with Writers" to start writer.

F22=Start printer writer Use the device name in the first field (finance in this example).

Go back to WRKOUTQ and refresh. You should now see the writer in the Writer column.

Send a spool file to the new print device or queue. Check for any operator messages.