Re: IBM 3488 - printer connectivity

["Al Barsa" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My thinking is that the only way to get rid of the lock is to vary it on.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
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                    "Rick Rayburn"
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                    05/20/02 06:13 PM
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it is definetly configured. When I vary it off, the lock stays. I have seen
this before I believe. Anyway to remove it?


>From: "Al Barsa" <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: IBM 3488 - printer connectivity
>Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 17:43:21 -0400
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Although I'm not intimately familiar with attaching a printer through a
>34xx workstation, I can generally tell you that a lock from QSYSARB
>generally means that the device has been configured, and not varied on.
>
>Al
>
>Al Barsa, Jr.
>Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
>
>400>390
>
>914-251-1234
>914-251-9406 fax
>
>http://www.barsaconsulting.com
>http://www.taatool.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>                     "Rick Rayburn"
>                     <the400man@hotmail.       To:
>midrange-l@midrange.com
>                     com>                      cc:
>                     Sent by:                  Subject:     IBM 3488 -
>printer connectivity
>                     midrange-l-admin@mi
>                     drange.com
>
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>                     05/20/02 05:20 PM
>                     Please respond to
>                     midrange-l
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>This is the desired choice of configuration to establish a dedicated A/P
>check printer...and previously, an HP6 was attached and working fine. Then
>the paper started to jam. It was decided at some juncture to try and
>upgrade
>the device and an HP1120 (i think) was purchased. I was then told by the
>person in charge of this task that the HP model was TOO NEW and the
printer
>wouldn't talk to the workstation. Are the 3488 workstations (on release
>4.3)
>only able to handle the older model HP printers? I'd love to be able to
>hook
>up an HP4000, if possible.
>
>When trying to return the old printer to its previous config, new problems
>arose. Inconsistent error messages including device not ready and one
weird
>one about printwheels and font changes which of course were not user
>generated whatsoever. And QSYSARB has a lock on the device. Man, I hate
>QSYSARB! Does anyone know how to release the QSYSARB lock on a device? I
>never could figure that one out, other than re-booting the 400 (Ha!).
>
>Any help would be good help here.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rick Rayburn.
>
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