On Wednesday, June 18, 1997 6:42 PM, Larry Byler
[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> : I have setup in SYSGEN a new printer device (LDEV=201), with a
> : device
> : name of LJ80 (DEVNAME=LJ80).  This is a network printer connected
> : via a
> : jet direct card.  I can send output to dev=201 without any
> : problems, but
> : when I try to send to dev=LJ80, I get a message "Unknown device
> : class.
> : (CIERR344)".
>
...then Larry Byler says...
>
> You've missed the Help text for the FILE command:
>
> DEV=                If you choose the DEV= option, it must be
> followed
>                     by at least one parameter (the parameter can be
>                     simply #).  The DEV= parameter does not accept
>                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>                     device names.  The DEV= parameter will accept
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>                     either a volume class. An asterisk (*) must
>                     precede a volume class name and ** must precede
>                     a volume name.

To add to Larry's advice...

If using network printing under 5.5 with a JetDirect device or card -
you can assign a Device Class name (such as NETLP, which is what I
use) or some other name, similar to that of LDEV 6 which is "LP".
 You can then use the device class name in the FILE equation, as
such:

  :FILE PRTFILE;DEV=NETLP

There is a difference between the device name, and the device CLASS
name - the device class name is what you want to place in the FILE
equation.

Lastly - if you configured with SYSGEN, did you restart the system
and the spooling process?  IOCONFIG.PUB.SYS will let you add the
devices "on the fly" - but adding with SYSGEN will require a reboot
before the devices can be used.  Just a thought - I know someone else
who was implementing this, added the devices with SYSGEN, and thought
something was wrong when the printer didn't start printing...  A
reboot cured the problem.

Cheers,
Joe

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