RE: IPDS printer setup (was: RE: Level Check on CRTOVL?)

Host Print Transform is the config piece that enables overlay, graphics,
barcoding, etc.  We used HP laserjets configured as 4019 with HPT and the
HPPJL drivers. HPT can be a real pig sometimes, so make sure you assign
enough storage to QSPL subsystem.

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Sr. Programmer/Analyst
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: PaulMmn [mailto:PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:07 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: IPDS printer setup (was: RE: Level Check on CRTOVL?)


If you don't have an IPDS chip, you -can- print overlays if you use
AFP printing.  You need to define the printer as AFP capable (I don't
remember the exact settings).

AFP uses the AS/400 to create the bit map that is sent to the
printer.  This does work with remote printers, but a lot more
slowly-- the AS/400 ships the entire page bitmap for each page you
print.  That's when you need the IPDS card-- the bitmap for the
overlay is shipped once, then reused with each page of variable data
you print.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com





>Okay, I am clueless here. How do I set up a IPDS printer? How can I tell if
>the printer will even work for this?
>
>In our department we have a Xerox and a Lexmark currently set up that they
>can print from the AS400 via IP address.
>
>Mike
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