Re: Printer Deployment

Without knowing your specific operating environment:

Are you using packaged code, like JDE?  most packages let you customize the
formtype, outq, lpi, cpi, etc. so that the overrides are performed within
the application and the output appears the way that you specified.

Most of the attributes of the report are defined either by

1) the printer file defined in the program that prints the report (could be
QSYSPRT, QPRINT, or a custom-created printer file, etc.).  When created, it
has values for lpi, cpi, #copies, etc.

OR

2) overrides to the printer file using OVRPRTF prior to calling the program.

Programs use the library list of the job to find the printer file (unless
overridden to another lib/prtf).  I don't see how creating additional
printer files is going to solve the problem without program changes.

If you are using custom code,  you may need to make changes to (or create CL
wrappers around) the programs that print the reports prior to prior to
calling the program, and use the OVRPRTF command to specify the specific
attributes that you want for the report.

HTH


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome Draper" <jdraper@trilosoft.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:55 PM
Subject: Printer Deployment


> I'm looking for a simple way to deploy 4 AS400 printers:
>
>     4224 with invoice forms
>     4224 with green bar; 15cpi, 51FL, 48OF, FW198
>     4224 with white; 15cpi, 51FL, 48OF, FW198
>     3812 with plain white paper
>
> There is no problem with the 3812 as it seems do do everything we want
> automagically.
> There is no problem with the 4224 with invoice forms because only invoices
> are printed there.
>
> The question is with the other two printers.
>
> It seems the printer attributes (15cpi, 51FL, 48OF, FW198) are controlled
by
> a print file (ie:  qsysprt).
>
> Is it best to make a unique print file for each printer (ie:  qsysprtp3)?
> However, some jobs grab qsysprt anyway and print in 10cpi default, etc.
>
> or
>
> Is it best to make use of an override print file?  But where?
>
> Jerry
>
>
> Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
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