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       PRE-INSTALLATION PLANNING FOR THE 3130 ADVANCED FUNCTION PRINTER
 
 Careful  planning and coordination between both customer and IBM personnel is
 ESSENTIAL to ensure a successful installation of the 3130.    The  experience
 with the 3935 demonstrated that additional focus on this is needed.
 
 Quite  simply, after the CE has powered up the machine, the machine will just
 sit there unless the CORRECT network parameters have  been  loaded  into  the
 3130.  The CUSTOMER must provide that information to the CE so they can enter
 the values into the printer configuration.
 
 Marketing  Reps  and SEs must do the following to ensure successful installa-
 tion:
 
 1.  As soon as possible, Printing Systems SEs with prospective 3130 customers
     should obtain the 3130 PACKAGE available from PENPUBS.  This package con-
     tains three documents: the 3130 Pre-Installation Guide, the  3130  Intro-
     duction  and  Planning  Guide, and the 3130/3935 Attachment Configuration
     Handbook. These three manuals should be scanned by SEs so they are famil-
     iar with the basic contents of the books.
 
     If unclear about how to obtain this documentation (which are TERSEd files
     in LIST3820 format), they can be retrieved by issuing the following  com-
     mand from VM:
 
     OMNIDISK PENPUBS GET 3130 PACKAGE
 
     If you don't have access to OMNIDISK, you could issue:
 
     TOOLS SENDTO PENNANT BPCTOOLS PENPUBS GET 3130 PACKAGE
 
     (NOTE:  The PENNANT node will be discontinued shortly, so OMNIDISK is the
     preferred method of obtaining the 3130 package.)
 
 
 2.  As soon as a customer places an order  for  a  3130,  the  Marketing  rep
     should  inform  both  his Printing Systems SE and CE counterparts. The SE
     should print (or reproduce in a locally-approved fashion) the three manu-
     als in the 3130 PACKAGE, and see that they are given to the customer  (at
     least systems programming and if possible, network specialists as well).
 
 3.  Approximately  one month prior to installation, a meeting between the IBM
     account team (at least SE/CE) and customer personnel  (at  least  systems
     programming, networking specialists, and physical planning) should be or-
     ganized.  The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a pre-installation re-
     view and ensure all affected groups are working together to  prepare  for
     the  installation  of the printer and connection  n of the printer to the
     print driving system (that is, MVS, VSE, VM, OS/400, AIX or OS/2).
 
 4.  At least two weeks prior to installation, the  customer  or  software  CE
     should pull the 3130 PSP bucket from RETAIN and ensure the proper mainte-
     nance  has been applied to the Print Services Facility which will control
     the printer.  The PSP bucket can be requested  by  calling  PSF  Software
     Support  (1-800-237-5511).    A  second source for PTF information is the
     AFPMAINT PACKAGE, which can be retrieved with the following command:
 
     o   TOOLS SENDTO EMEAISCX ISCTOOLS AFP GET AFPMAINT PACKAGE
 
 The 3130 Introduction and Planning Guide and the 3130 Pre-Installation  Guide
 have  checklists and further instructions on what detailed steps are required
 to ensure the 3130 is installed and active in  the  shortest  possible  time.
 Please consult these guides for further information.
 
 If   you   have   questions   on   this   process,  please  send  a  note  to
 PENNANT(PENNHELP).
 
 
 
 
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