PC Panasonic 2124 on AS/400

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are on AS/400 model 170 OS/400 V5R1 mixed mode, with more people 
connected via PCs than via twinax.
There is a problem that we think is either the printer itself, or settings 
on the 400 for the printer
A co-worker asked me for help with the WRKCFGSTS stuff on a Panasonic 2124 
attached to the AS/400 through a PC that has both Client Access and a 
BosaNova Card, meaning a choice of connection methods ... he has tried both 
methods and got the same problem.  He has also messed with this thru 
Operations Navigator.  Every way he can get at the printer configuration.
I suggested he check as security officer who sometimes sees more settings 
than ordinary users.
I also suggested he get some report that printed Ok on some other printer 
of the same kind (Green Bar vs. PC paper), and print it on the new printer, 
to make absolutely sure the problem is not with the reports he using to do 
testing on the new printer.
I had thought that if you deleted the configuration, connect the printer 
and power it up, automatic configuration will get all the right settings, 
but apparently there are exceptions to every rule.  He can't get the font 
right ... it is printing very small print.  He tried changing everything 
that he could to use *HOST and it still font not right.
He tried changing the font size to the smallest # that would go into CPI 
and LPI, theorizing that would translate to big print, but it still 
printing tiny characters.
He found another printer that was hooked up similarly, in the Panasonic 
1100 series, working fine, and tried to copy settings, make sure got the 
same IBM driver.  Problem not solved.
He reboots the PC after changes to save them.
The 400 has been rebooted since he started work on this ... I have GO POWER 
shutting it down for a few hours each weekend.
I used to get MIDRANGE_L many years ago but the volume of traffic was more 
than I could stand ... in the interim there has been a regular famine of 
other good places to get answers, and I am experiencing a growth in 
challenges that need answers that I suspect MIDRANGE_L would be a good 
place to ask.
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Al Macintyre  http://www.ryze.com/go/Al9Mac
BPCS/400 Computer Janitor