Configure IPP printers

1. Ensure that you have satisfied the following requirements:
   • The internal network interface card or external print server must support the Internet print protocol (IPP). For a list of network interface cards or external print servers that are known to support IPP, see the IBM® knowledge base document "Recommended Remote Location (RMTLOCNAME) Values for *LAN 3812 IPP Device Descriptions" (search for the document title at www.ibm.com/support/).
   • If the printer is attached to an external network adapter, the printer must be connected with an IEEE 1284 bidirectional printer cable and the print server must be in the BITRONICS, BI-DIRECTIONAL or ECP/MLC mode.
2. Use the Create Device Description (Printer) (CRTDEVPRT) CL command to create a printer device description. From a character-based interface, type CRTDEVPRT.
3. On the Create Device Description (Printer) Display, press F9 to display all parameters.
4. Specify the following values:

   Parameter	Value
   Device description (DEVD)	The name of your device description. For example, myippprt.
   Device class (DEVCLS)	This must be set to *LAN.
   Device type (TYPE)	This must be set to 3812.
   Device model (MODEL)	This must be set to 1.
   LAN attachment (LANATTACH)	This must be set to *IP.
   Port number (PORT)	This should be set to well-known port 631 for a nonsecure IPP connection. A secured connection can be set to 631, 6310, or any unused port.
   Font (FONT)	This is typically set to 011, which is the default 10 CPI font.
   Form feed (FORMFEED)	Set to *AUTOCUT, if single-cut sheets are used by the printer. Set to *CONT, if printing to a continuous forms printer.
   Printer error message (PRTERRMSG)	Set to *INFO so that the printer's message queue will receive informational messages whenever possible. This can prevent a condition that might cause the printer writer to end.
   Message queue (MSGQ)	This value defaults to *CTLD, which indicates that the message queue is defined in the attached controller. There is no attached controller for *LAN printer device descriptions, so leaving the Message queue (MSGQ) parameter set to *CTLD will in effect set it to the QSYSOPR message queue in library QSYS. If you want to use another message queue for this printer device, verify that the message queue exists before entering the message queue and library in the MSGQ parameter. Otherwise, the Create Device Description (Printer) (CRTDEVPRT) command will fail with message CPF2799, Message queue &1 in library &2 not found.
   Host print transform (TRANSFORM)	Set this parameter to *YES so that SNA character string (SCS) and AFP data stream spooled files are converted to the printer's data stream.
   Manufacturer type and model (MTRTYPMDL)	This value indicates the type of ASCII printer and is used by the host print transform when converting spooled files. For recommendations on the value to use for some popular printers, see theIBM knowledge base document "Support for various ASCII Printers" (search for the document title at www.ibm.com/support/).
   Remote location (RMTLOCNAME)	The name of your printer on the TCP/IP network; for example, 192.168.0.1 or mysnmpprt.myco.com. You should verify that i5/OS can reach the printer by using either the ping or Verify TCP/IP Connection (VFYTCPCNN) command. For recommendations on the value to use for some popular printers, see theIBM knowledge base document Recommended Remote Location (RMTLOCNAME) Values for *LAN 3812 IPP Device Descriptions, 27285056.
   System driver program (SYSDRVPGM)	This must be set to *IBMIPPDRV.
   Secure connection (SECURECNN)	If you want a secure connection to the printer, set this value to *YES.
   Validation list (VLDL)	Optional. If specified, users must be validated before the printer will accept communication. See Set up validation lists for the IPP print driver for more information.

   All other values can be left as the default value.
5. Press Enter.
6. Make the printer available. See Make printer available.
7. Start the printer writer. For more information, see Start printer writer.