RE: HELP!!! Problems w/ host print transform lan-attached printers after V5R2 upgrade

Rich,

Is it possible that you had been using an IBM-Supplied print file which was
replaced during your upgrade?  If you used QPRINT (or similar) it is
possible that your page rotation, CPI, or some other parameter was returned
to its default, causing your problem.

Check the spool files (and if you have any pre-release spool files see if
you can notice differences).  You could experiment by changing some of the
characteristics.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Subject: HELP!!! Problems w/ host print transform lan-attached printers
> after V5R2 upgrade
> 
> Well, it's the Monday after upgrading to V5R2, and I have my disaster.
> 
> We have many printers that are attached to our AS/400 via TCP/IP.  They
> are set up as plain old remote outq's with "Host Print Transform" set to
> *YES.  Last week, they were printing without issue.
> 
> Today, all of these printers are having the same problem - only part of
> the page is printing.  All of my printers are set up as '*HP4' will only
> print the first 74 characters of each page of a 132 position report (the
> output of the DSPLICKEY cmd).  I set one up as a '*HP1100', and it only
> printed the first 97 positions of another 132 chracter report (output from
> a DSPFD cmd).
> 
> This just moved from "how annoying" status to "mobilize the National
> Guard" status because we print our AP checks to a lan-attached printer,
> and the checks came out incorrect because (drumroll please...) only the
> first 74 chracters got sent!
> 
> I do not get a second spool file with the remaining section on it - the
> spool files are correct if you look at them.  For whatever reason, the
> printers are only getting part of the report.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?