Re: IBM 4247 printing problem

Hi,

My suggestion is to change the PSFCFG release timer value from *NOMAX
to a value like 1 (measured in minutes).

The reason is that the connection from your IBM server to the printer
is a TCP socket based connection. When you set the release timer value
to the system default of *NOMAX, the socket connection is maintained
so long as the print writer is started.

This condition can cause the printer to refuse work from any other
hosts and it will generally not tolerate the automatic ending of the
writer executed by an IPL very well.

When you put a numeric value into the release timer field, the system
will close the TCP socket connection when the queue contains no files
in ready status for the number of minutes specified. It will
automatically re-establish the connection when another file enters the
queue. This opening and closing of the transport connection is
independent of the print writer so the writer remains started - only
the physical connection across the wire is started and stopped as
necessary.

This small change is likely to allow the NIC in the printer to better
tolerate the print writer ending process initiated by the IPL.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
Principal Consultant
TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:24:23 +0300, "kj" <jhkj@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi all again
>
>
>We have a IBM4247-003 IPDS enabled printer with a LAN-card and I am having
>problems to
>get it to work on Monday mornings 8-)
>
>
>Our AS400 machine performs an IPL during the weekend and after that the
>printer won'n print anything. Only solution is to turn off power on the
>printer and vary off/on the printer.
>
>
>
>Another thing that is of interest is that the built-in web-server also don't
>work unless U restart the printer !!
>
>
>
>So, the problem seem to be with the network card...and not with AS...?
>
>
>But, after restart that the printer works well all week....!!
>
>
>Any tweaks for the NIC???
>
>In qsysopr's messagequeue I find this:
>
>
> - Connection with device VP03L is being retried.
>
>
>And this is what the system says when I check info:
>
>
> Cause . . . . . : A session cannot be established with the device at
> RMTLOCNAME 10.10.10.8, using PORT 5001. The error code is 15. This
> indicates one of the following conditions:
> 15: The activation timer (ACTTMR) value configured for the device
>expired before the device was available.
>------------------------------­------------------------------­------------
>
>
>I checked the activation timer setting and it is: 2550
>
>
>We also have a PSFCFG for this printer, it looks like this:
>
>
> User resource library . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *JOBLIBL
> IPDS pass through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Activate release timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NORDYF
> Release timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NOMAX
> Restart timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *IMMED
> APPC and TCP/IP retry count . . . . . . . . . . : *NOMAX
> Delay between APPC retries . . . . . . . . . . . : 90
> Auto Session Recovery:
> Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Message option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
> Acknowledgment frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . : 100
> Printer response timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NOMAX
> Blank page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
> Page size control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Resident fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
>
> Resource retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
> Edge orient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Use outline fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> PSF defined options:
> *NONE
>
>
>
>
>
> Font substitution messages . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
> Capture host fonts at printer . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Font resolution for formatting . . . . . . . . . : *SEARCH
> Font mapping table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
> Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
>
> PSF configuration: VP03L Library: QGPL
>
> Cut *** emulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
> Use DBCS simulation font . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Generate PDF output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
> PDF device emulation type . . . . . . . . . . . : *IP40240
> PDF paper size drawer 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LETTER
> PDF paper size drawer 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LETTER
> PDF multipe group handling:
> Acknowledge multiple groups . . . . . . . . . : *NO
> Process option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
> PDF fonts inline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
> PDF data queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
> Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
>
>
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