IBM Info Print 1222 Laser Printer

Use SmartBOX?
Parallel cable: Ok!	Net cable: No. Use chips or WorkBOX

Installing an EFPlus.com eForms SmartBOX

Chip (FLASH memory) support for the IP 1222 is only required when the printer will be connected by the network port using the cable that looks like a telephone cord. If the printer is connected by the fat parallel cable with the wire latches, even if it is available over the network, this printer is best supported by the SmartBOX.

Installing a Flash DIMM eForms chip

Flash memory is installed inside the printer. Please ensure that the printer is powered off and unplugged before opening the cover. Place the extra stickers on the outside of the printer to remind anyone who needs to replace the printer that there is a chip inside that should be removed. If the printer is sent for service it is very unlikely that any chip in the printer can be recovered. Also the sticker that is actually on the chip should NOT be removed so that in a case where there are two chips installed, it will be easier to identify and remove the correct one.

Configuring IBM IP 1222 Trays for large, legal sized, Registration Keypacket stock

Please do NOT do this if you want to print your registrations on plain white paper, or if you want to manually load the Registration Keypacket stock, on demand, from the front (pull down) tray.

This is only for the large, legal sized, Registration Keypacket users who will load BOTH plain paper and keypacket stock into the printer at the same time and want the system to automatically select the correct stock for the item being printed:

If you do setup the 1222 for the keypacket and later decide not to load keypackets into the lower tray, or if you are a Homewood Suites transitioning to the new small registration keypacket, you will need to reset the printer to factory defaults (the 10 numbered steps below) and then NOT run the Reg/Key tray setting program.

Since this printer has no front panel menus, and no paper size sensors in the main (lower) tray, there is no easy way to tell it that it has the larger stock in the lower tray. A file has been provided to us by the manufacturer that will reset the printer as needed if you can copy it out to the printer from the workstation that it is connected to. We have converted that into a little program that sends the settings out to the printer for you:

With luck, your printer will not have to be factory reset before the tray setup program will work and you will be finished in just a few steps. If this doesn't work the first time, just continue on with the rest of the steps in this list.

First, click here to activate the Reg/Key tray setting program
When asked, tell the computer to open the file (no need to save it)
Next, tell the computer to "install" or run this from it's current location.
A black window with white letters will appear and ask you to “Click any key to continue”
The program will run and you will be returned to the instruction screen.
A configuration page should print. Verify that the following settings have changed in the PAPER MENU section:
1. Paper Source should be MP Feeder (near the top left of the page)
2. Configure MP should be Cassette (just above the PAPER TEXTURE subsection, about 4 inches down on the left)
If these settings are not correct... Well, you need to continue on here and do the printer reset sequence. If it is correct skip to the next section.

To Reset the IBM IP 1222 printer to factory defaults:

Short version: As per IBM technical support.

Turn the printer off.
Open the upper front (toner) door. This is NOT the manual paper feed door!
Press and hold Continue and Cancel as you turn the printer on.
Wait for all the lights to stop cycling. The error light should remain on and all other lights will be off. Release the buttons and close the door.

Turn the printer off.
Open the upper front (toner) door. (leave open until #5) This is NOT the manual paper feed door!
Press and hold Continue as you turn the printer on.
Wait for all the lights to stop cycling. The error light should remain on and all other lights will be off. Release Continue.
Close the upper front door. The lights should change so that the upper four lights are on and the lower two are off
Press and release Cancel. The ready light should be on and the others off.
Press and hold Continue until all the lights cycle.
Wait for the lights to stop cycling
Release Continue. The top 4 lights should stay on.
Turn the printer off, wait a few seconds and turn the printer back on.

At this point, the printer should be reset. If you are setting up the printer for registration keypacket stock click here to, again, activate the Reg/Key tray setting program
When asked, tell the computer to open the file (no need to save it)
Next, tell the computer to "install" or run this from it's current location.
A black window with white letters will appear and ask you to “Click any key to continue”
The program will run and you will be returned to the instruction screen.
A configuration page should print. Verify that the following settings have changed in the PAPER MENU section:
1. Paper Source should be MP Feeder
2. Configure MP (last item in the PAPER MENU) should be Cassette
If these settings are not correct... Well, you just have to try again. Please try not to loose patience and simply start over at the printer reset sequence.

Please do NOT do this unless you have purchased the optional, second, lower paper tray.

Optional Tray

If you have purchased a second tray, you can now click here to activate the optional tray setting program This will allow you to move the plain white paper from the multipurpose feeder to the new tray. The key packet stock must still be loaded in the first tray, but you can close the multipurpose feeder since the plain paper will be in the optional tray.

Please do NOT do this until the PAPER MENU options are correct.

Load the keypacket stock:

Remove the lower tray from the printer.
Empty any paper out of the tray
Squeeze the "wavey" tab at the back of the tray and pull the tray stop ("Length guide") out as far as it will go. Make sure you can see "Legal" through the hole in the slide.
Load the keypacket stock face down with the registration slip towards the front of the tray.

A very common cause of jamming is a rear stop that is set too tight against the stock. Press the stock all the way down in the tray so that the spring locks down, then adjust the rear stop to just touch the paper.

Note that the tray may now extend 2 inches beyond the rear of the printer. Check for anything that may jam against the rear stop.
Pull down the "Manual Feed" tray at the front of the printer below the toner door and above the lower tray. Extend the paper support and load it with plain letter paper.
Note: The supports on this tray are delicate and easy to break. Please try to push the printer back as far as possible so that people will not walk into the tray as they move around behind the desk. IBM is now providing a metal tray support. This support reinforces the tray to help prevent damage if the tray is hit from above. This support does NOT re-inforce the tray against being hit from the side. If you have not recieved this metal support and are interested, please contact IBM via your help desk.