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QUESTION POSED ON: 30 October 2008
We have a cannon imageRUNNER iR1023N in our receiving department and I can't figure out why they are not able to print from the AS/400. All the settings are correct in the printq and routing table. I can see the reports in the printq but it wont print. I read somewhere that the printer has to be IPDS compatible??

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Printers definitely do not have to be IPDS compatible in order to work on the iSeries. The iSeries is capable of communicating effectively with a huge range of printers using Host Print Transform, although to get the printer to work correctly may require the creation of a WSCST (Work Station Customization Object). You may want to read this tip I wrote on setting up an ASCII printer.

I'm sure that the imageRunner can be configured to work, because a client of mine used them for a while. I may still have the configuration information around for printers of that type – if you need more help, send me an email message and I can try to get you more specific WSCST and *DEVD information.

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