PSF/AIX: AFPDS Print File From NT Server - Uncollated Copies
ITEM: RTA000155832
Q:
Topic thread:
Printer Systems (PRINT - NA/ATS)
PSF/AIX
I have a client who has an application on an NT server. We are using
the AFP driver for NT to create AFPDS. We specify 8 1/2 x 14 landscape
with clip limits of zero in all directions in the driver prior to
submitting the print job.
On the AIX side, we have an IPDS queue set up with a formdef that I
customized for the customer. The formdef is used to print to an IP 3000.
The formdef specifies simplex, landscape down and copies = 3. We send
the job from the NT side and we get 3 copies, but they are uncollated,
i.e. the printer prints Page1, Page 1, Page 1, Page 2, Page 2, Page 2,
and finally Page 3, Page 3, Page 3. We made sure that Inline Formdef
was turned off on the AFP Windows driver before we sent the job across
because the Developer for the AFP Windows driver told us that this would
cause uncollated copies.
We also tried a formdef with copies=1 and in the /etc/qconfig we placed
the copies=3 on each device for the print queue we were going to send
the print to. We got 3 uncollated copies when we tried this also. I need
some help figuring out why this happened as soon as possible. Thanks.
A:
I created a formdef with copies=3 within it, and I can recreate
your problem, i.e., I get three copies of each page uncollated.
This jogged something in my memory, and sure enough, this is working
as designed; see RTA000035646.
If I change /etc/qconfig to specify copies=3 on the backend, however,
I get three collated, offset copies. So my /etc/qconfig looks like:
wlk3130:
device = dev1,dev2,dev3,dev4
dev1:
backend = /usr/lpp/psf/bin/ainbe wlk3130 copies=3
dev2:
backend = /usr/lpp/psf/bin/ainbe wlk3130 copies=3
dev3:
backend = /usr/lpp/psf/bin/ainbe wlk3130 copies=3
dev4:
backend = /usr/lpp/psf/bin/ainbe wlk3130 copies=3
(If you plan to edit /etc/qconfig, first make a backup, then make
sure that noone is printing. Edit and save it, then make sure it's
digested by issuing the enq -D command. Or you can use the smit panels
to modify each queue device to add the copies=3.) I'm not sure why
this didn't work for you before, but ensure that the /etc/qconfig.bin
file gets digested by checking its timestamp in comparison to
/etc/qconfig. Also, you should probably bounce any PSF/AIX queues to
ensure its profiles get re-read (psfctl -dtu wlk3130).
I hope this helps. If not, please reopen.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
psf psf/6000 psf/aix infoprint collated afp driver afpds copies copy
formdef nt windows winnt server remote client number uncollated
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