Re: Print images to network printer

What's driving it? Is is a user on a green screen selecting something and
you are wanting to print a graphic from that then you would probably look
at doing a call to a PC program (Your .Net program) from the 400 to print
the image. If it is a user in a PC program you are going to trigger it from
there.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:34 PM, <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Matt.

I would prefer the .Net solution too but didn't know how I would call it.

I'm also thinking of trying EGL but I would have to get past the learning
curve and I don't know if I have that long.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 1:43 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Print images to network printer

One option would be to Call a Java program:
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/2D-Graphics-
GUI/PrintanImagetoprintdirectly.htm

Here are some tips on calling java programs from RPG:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iadthelp/v6r0/topic/com.ibm.eto
ols.iseries.pgmgd.doc/c0925076172.htm

Another option (non IBM i solution) is to write the function in .NET

(and you

could call it from the IBM i in a whole host of different ways (REST

services,

run remote pc command)). For the .NET stuff it's even simpler to print

then

in Java, see the code here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2337252/print-image-in-net-winform

By far the easiest solution in my opinion is to do it in .NET if you

can. The

amount of code to accomplish the same goal will be much smaller in .NET
versus the alternatives.


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:28 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Print images to network printer

I have a requirement to be able to print images stored on our IFS on a
business group's printer. Some of these print requests can run into the

tens

of thousands of pages.

Is anyone printing images to network printers from the i? If so, would

you

mind sharing how you do it?

Rick Chevalier
Software Solutions Development Lead
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817-525-7178 (w)


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