Re: Printer Printing Extra Page

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bonnie,

> On an 820 at V5R2, user is now getting an extra page on a printer
> described in its text as an HP 5SI.
>
> Extra page has only the phase
> 'PHWLSLSQ         ldfA289systemname.company.com'.

This data is part of the LPR/LPD protocol.  It's not intended to be 
printed out!!   I wonder if you have a misconfiguration somewhere that's 
sending LPR/LPD protocol to a printer that doesn't understand how that 
protocol works -- so it's just printing the data?  (For example, if you 
tried to use a remote output queue that sent to port 9100 on the 
printer, you'd have this problem... port 9100 is intended for the jet 
direct protocol (PJL) and not for LPR/LPD!)

More info:

When a printer sends a spooled file using the LPR/LPD protocol (which is 
what remote output queues use when configured with CNNTYPE(*IP)) they 
send both information about the spooled file, and the spooled file itself.

LPR/LPD was created for Unix systems originally, and the Unix computers 
would use this information for various purposes, such as checking 
whether a user is authorized to print to a particular printer, sending 
the user e-mail when the job is printed, etc.   I don't know if today's 
printers use the information, or simply discard it, but since it's part 
of the protocol, it's always sent.

Here's a sample of this extra info that's sent with a spooled file:

Has400.example.com
PSCOTTK
ldfA001as400.example.com
NDAYREPORT

The first letter of each line identifies the field.

H = Host (the computer that sent the spooled file)
P = Person (the userid that created the spooled file)
l = Formatted file. (the file contains printer control codes)
      l is followed by a unique name that the Unix system is
      supposed to use to queue the file.
N = Name (spooled file name)

There's lots of other options that can be sent, but these appear to be 
the ones that my iSeries (V5R3) uses.  It's entirely possible that they 
only sent the P and l options in V5R2 (since those are the only ones in 
your sample)

At any rate, this data isn't intended to be printed, there's an error 
somewhere that's causing it to be treated as part of the spooled file 
rather than just "header information".

I hope that puts you on the right track!