Lexmark X644E IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide - Page 48

Step 6, Verify IPDS Printing, Troubleshooting, MENU > EMULATION

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IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide PSF/AIX LAN Printing Using an Internal LAN Print Server 4 If you are replacing a printer that used a 3812/3816 Emulation, select the "3812/3816" Emulation. This emulation only accepts 240 dpi resources (fonts, overlays, etc.) from the host and does not support DBCS printing. On MFPs, you can set the print priority of received faxes. Refer to the IPDS Emulation User's Guide for additional information about Fax Interrupt. This option is found under MENU/Menus > Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION. Refer to the IPDS Emulation User's Guide for information on these options and other IPDS MENU settings to format IPDS jobs. Note 1: If the IPDS code release on an MFP is 3.00-01090 or higher, "Copy Interrupt" is supported: an IPDS job can be interrupted by copy jobs and will resume printing automatically. At lower release levels, intervening copy jobs will be spooled to disk (when available) and be processed after the IPDS job is finished. Note 2: The supported printers and MFPs do not contain an Advanced Function Common Control Unit (AFCCU). Step 6 Verify IPDS Printing If you have completed the steps above to configure the host and printer, you are ready to print your first IPDS job. 1 Send an IPDS job from your host system. 2 Observe the printer control panel. When the first job data is received, BUSY should be displayed in the printer control panel. If the job does not print, go to Step 7 Troubleshooting. 3 After the last page of the IPDS job prints, BUSY will remain displayed until the host or printer ends the session. This is controlled by the Release Timer on the host or by the IPDS Timeout on the printer. 4 You may want to refer to the IPDS Emulation User's Guide to determine if other IPDS MENU settings need to be changed. Step 7 Troubleshooting If the IPDS job does not print, try the following. 1 If BUSY is not displayed in the printer control panel or if the printer remains in Ready mode, check to be sure the printer is connected to the network. Try to PING the printer. 2 If BUSY is not displayed in the printer control panel or if the printer remains in Ready mode, check all host and printer settings to be sure they are correct. 3 If you receive an IPDS Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) beginning with '08C1' indicating that the job is printing outside the printer valid printable area, choose one of the following solutions: a) Change the Printable Area setting to Physical Page. Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Printable Area. b) Change your application to position the text within the printable area. Refer to Printable Area in the IPDS Emulation User's Guide for more information. c) Change the Exception Ctrl setting to Sup Beyond VPA. Using the control panel MENU/Menus, select Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Exception Ctrl. The printer will not send a NACK to the host when printing outside the valid printable area. 4 If you receive an IPDS Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) beginning with '0821' indicating there are undefined characters in the job, choose one of the following solutions: 48

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IPDS Printer and Host Setup Guide
PSF/AIX LAN Printing Using an Internal LAN Print Server
4
If you are replacing a printer that used a 3812/3816 Emulation, select the "3812/3816" Emulation. This
emulation only accepts 240 dpi resources (fonts, overlays, etc.) from the host and does not support DBCS
printing.
On MFPs, you can set the print priority of received faxes. Refer to the IPDS Emulation User’s Guide for addi-
tional information about
Fax Interrupt
. This option is found under
MENU/Menus > Option Card Menu > IPDS
MENU > EMULATION
.
Refer to the IPDS Emulation User’s Guide for information on these options and other IPDS MENU settings to
format IPDS jobs.
Note 1:
If the IPDS code release on an MFP is 3.00-01090 or higher, "Copy Interrupt" is supported: an IPDS
job can be interrupted by copy jobs and will resume printing automatically. At lower release levels,
intervening copy jobs will be spooled to disk (when available) and be processed after the IPDS job is
finished.
Note 2:
The supported printers and MFPs do not contain an Advanced Function Common Control Unit
(AFCCU).
Step 6
Verify IPDS Printing
If you have completed the steps above to configure the host and printer, you are ready to print your first IPDS
job.
1
Send an IPDS job from your host system.
2
Observe the printer control panel.
When the first job data is received,
BUSY
should be displayed in the
printer control panel. If
the job does not print, go to Step
7
Troubleshooting
.
3
After the last page of the IPDS job prints,
BUSY
will remain displayed until the host or printer ends the
session. This is controlled by the
Release Timer
on the host or by the
IPDS Timeout
on the printer.
4
You may want to refer to the IPDS Emulation User's Guide to determine if other IPDS MENU settings need
to be changed.
Step 7
Troubleshooting
If the IPDS job does not print, try the following.
1
If
BUSY
is not displayed in the printer control panel or if the printer remains in
Ready
mode, check to be
sure the printer is connected to the network. Try to PING the printer.
2
If
BUSY
is not displayed in the printer control panel or if the printer remains in
Ready
mode, check all host
and printer settings to be sure they are correct.
3
If you receive an IPDS Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) beginning with ’08C1’ indicating that the job is
printing outside the printer valid printable area, choose one of the following solutions:
a)
Change the
Printable Area
setting to
Physical Page
. Using the control panel
MENU/Menus,
select
Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Printable Area
.
b)
Change your application to position the text within the printable area. Refer to Printable Area in the
IPDS Emulation User’s Guide for more information.
c)
Change the
Exception Ctrl
setting to
Sup Beyond VPA
. Using the control panel
MENU/Menus,
select
Option Card Menu > IPDS MENU > EMULATION > Exception Ctrl
. The printer will not send
a NACK to the host when printing outside the valid printable area.
4
If you receive an IPDS Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) beginning with ’0821’ indicating there are
undefined characters in the job, choose one of the following solutions: