RE: IBM 6400 Twinax Remote to Network

["Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

How did you attach this 6400 to a PC ?

Chuck

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Subject: IBM 6400 Twinax Remote to Network

My company is dropping T1 line in vavor of VPN to save $.

This means remote printer now connects via Ethernet, using rules on
PC(s) 
local to same office, not 400 host settings.  I want it to print same as

what we used to get ... page form dimensions, CPI, LPI, not chop off
parts 
of report, sideways or top or bottom, lose alignment, etc.

Through the printer properties setup on PC we selected tractor feed
which 
has choices
A3; A4; B5(J15); fanfold 8 1/2 x 12 in; letter; legal; US Std fanfold
... do 
any of these even come close to "Print whatever the host 400 sends
you."?  I 
am not finding anything remotely like that in the various tabs.  In
advanced 
settings, we currently have it with data type: "RAW" WinPrint.

Currently there are multiple problems, rendering the quality of anything
it 
prints, at best, seriously impaired ... here's a list of what I have
noticed 
so far:

unreliable network connections 
unreliable portrait vs. landscape 
unreliable form length, ignoring placement between perforations 
unreliable control over what belongs on the same page 
often chopping off right side of report 
inconsistency of print size 
over printing where not wanted 
s_l_o_w print speed

-
Al Macintyre