RE: Paxar Monarch 9640 label printer

[Bill Erhardt <ERHARDT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have been attaching via DD 3497 and use a basic ASCII printer emulation.
The 400 sees it as a 5256 type printer.
 

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> From: D.BALE@handleman.com [SMTP:D.BALE@handleman.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 1:50 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Paxar Monarch 9640 label printer
> 
> We've got a Paxar Monarch 9640 label printer attached via serial cable to
> an
> IDEA 5250 dumb terminal; the Paxar is emulating a 5219 printer.  On the
> 400,
> the device is defined as a 5219-D1.
> 
> The problem is that the printer keeps going offline.  The printer itself
> has
> only two indicators, a power light and a Ready light; they are both solid
> green.  The emulation display on the IDEA is showing that the printer is
> offline.  When we reset, then set to online (on the emulation display),
> the
> printer stays online for about 10 seconds, then goes offline again.  The
> printer itself does nothing, both lights stay green, etc.  The message on
> the
> 400 is CPA4018: "Operator action required on device S132P2."
> 
> Is anybody else using this label printer as an AS/400 printer?  If so, how
> is
> it defined on the 400?  How is it connected to the 400?
> 
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
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