I'm probably getting into this discussion late but -
couldn't you use the afprsc dds keyword to print images directly using a
printer file? I haven't tried this yet but hope to soon.
Jim Horn
message: 1
date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:49:20 -0800 (PST)
from: Paul Tykodi <ptykodi@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Printing TIFF using Info Print
Hi Joe,
The i OS actually offers the feature you are asking about directly and
you do not need to purchase InfoPrint Server to use it. The name of the
feature is Image Print Transform and the general overview information on
its capabilities can be found here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c415713522.htm
A couple of observations regarding its support for TIFF images:
1. It does not support TIFF using JPEG compression, which over the years
has?become a de facto standard way of creating TIFF image files. You
therefore need to consult further reference information regarding the
TIFF formats it does support and then make sure your TIFF generating
application can output one of the supported formats.
2. If you are going to store your TIFF files on the IFS, you?can move
them to an OUTQ be copying them to a printer file. You don't want to use
the copy stream file command to execute the movement of the file because
it will add space characters to pad out portions of the file that don't
match an LRECL value exactly when passing the file into an OUTQ thus
corrupting your TIFF image file.
I have helped a few people to try out the Image Print Transform feature
in the past and I would be happy to continue this discussion either on
or off list should you decide to try out the feature and have more
questions about how it works.
Best Regards,
/Paul
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