The 42xx printers are dot matrix that were primarily meant to be used by non-mainframe hosts so they come in a variety of configurations to emulate asynchronous devices. You might have one that is not usable with OS/390 without special hardware (there is an adapter card on the 3174 for it, for example. You'd have to determine exactly what model of 4224 you have, and then configure the 3174 appropriately. I don't think it is a VTAM logmode issue (yet). You've picked about the most difficult printer type to use, might be a lot easier to get a 3287 etc. The 4224 claim to fame was that it could handle a high volume of dot matrix multi-part form printing at high speed. Unlikely to be useful these days :)
On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 6:32 AM Alexander Huemer <[email protected]> wrote: > Blast from the past, I know. Maybe somebody here remembers how this is > done. > I have a 4224, connected to a 3174 that is talking APPN to OS/390. The > printer registers successfully on the 3174, I see a 'p' at the port that > it is connected to in the 'Status Summary' screen of the 3174. > Searching for documents that would explain how OS/390 / VTAM is to be > configured, I didn't find much. > [1] provides guidance in regard to a MODEENT macro that is supposed to > work. > But, where to go from there? I found [2], but RSCS seems to be a VM-only > thing. > I assume I'll have to configure the thing somehow in VTAM, though there > must be more to it I think. > If anybody can point me to relevant documents or has a 20 year old > wrinkled-up cheat-sheet in their deskdrawer, I would appreciate a little > help. > > -Alex > > [1] https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/gddm?topic=gddm-4224-ipds-printer > [2] > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zvm/7.2?topic=connections-sna-3270-printer-support > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
