We did the same issue with Xerox Nuvera 157, you need IPDS support in the Printer, configure IP Address for the printer, then define the printer to JES2
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2017, at 11:57 AM, retired mainframer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From dim memories of a conversion performed long ago: > > We changed printers from IBM to HP. We had to get a special interface > circuit that handled EBCDIC, PSF/AFP, and carriage control characters in > column 1. We also had to update a lot of pagedefs and formdefs to deal with > the differences in duplex printing. Since you are using the same printer, > hopefully this won't be an issue for you. > > We defined new printers and new Functional Subsystem in the JES > initialization deck. The Bus and Tag printers used proc APSWPROA. The > network ones use APWSPROT (which is where you specify the IP address in the > CNTL-PRINTDEV-ENDCNTL sequence of JCL statements). Both procs obviously > customized. > > We used the menu system built into the printer's little control display to > specify that the connection was TCPIP and what the address was. > > Since we were producing documents delivered to the customers, we did > parallel testing of every type of product output (e.g., OGL, DCF, Waterloo, > SAS/GRAPH, etc) as well as the mundane MSGCLASS=A for JCL listings. The > samples produced on the two printers had to line up pretty much exact. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of venkat kulkarni >> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 9:51 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Mainframe printer connectivity >> >> Hello Group, >> >> Currently we are using mainframe printer with bus and tag connectivity with >> Xerox printer via prism hardware, which help us to convert fcion to bus and >> tag. >> >> But now, we would like to use tcpip connectivity for mainframe connectivity >> with Xerox printer. >> >> Can you please guide that how this new connectivity can be establish and do >> we need to buy any additional piece of hardware or software . I was reading >> about info print but didn't get much detail . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
