Re: Print PDF in duplex mode

[Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx>]

We use transform(*PDF) and then send the PDF to *USERASCII to be sent to
the printer.  We weren't able to get duplex to work at all.

Art

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Richard Schoen <
Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ah, I think I see the issue now. Maybe 😉
>
> You're shoving the raw PDF file into an outq entry and letting it stream
> directly to a PDF capable printer correct ?
>
> If so, I believe you have absolutely no control over duplexing because the
> PDF streams directly to the printer and the printer does its magic. Might
> need to check with printer vendor to see if the PDF content itself or a
> printer config setting can somehow affect duplexing.
>
> In our case with iForms we actually re-render the PDF to a print stream so
> that gives us control over the printer settings and duplexing settings when
> printing the PDF so each individual document can have separate settings if
> needed.
>
> I would check with the printer provider on config settings first.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Richard Schoen
> Director of Document Management
> e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> p. 952.486.6802
> w. helpsystems.com
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> message: 3
> date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:18:40 +0000 (GMT)
> from: Max Bobzien <maxbobzien@xxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: Print PDF in duplex mode
>
> Hm ... where would I see if the print driver controls it or not? The
> outqueue description says:
>
> Manufacturer type and model? . . . . . :? ?*HP520
>
> Below my code to read the PDF and send it over to the printer:
>
> AS400 as400;
> as400 = db_connect.as400;
>
> SpooledFile spooledFile = null;
>
> PrintParameterList parms = new PrintParameterList();
>
> parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_COPIES, documentRequest.
> numberOfCopies);
>
> String outqueueName = "/QSYS.LIB/QUSRSYS.LIB/" + outqueue + ".OUTQ";
> OutputQueue outputQueue = new OutputQueue(as400, outqueueName);
> parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_OUTPUT_QUEUE, outputQueue.getPath());
> parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_HOLD, hold ? "*YES" : "*NO");
> parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_SAVE, save ? "*YES" : "*NO");
> parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_SPOOLFILE, ""); parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_DUPLEX,
> "*YES"); parms.setParameter(PrintObject.ATTR_USERDATA,
> documentRequest.depot + documentRequest.movementOrder);
>
> SpooledFileOutputStream outputStream = new SpooledFileOutputStream(as400,
> parms, null, null);
>
> InputStream fisPDF = null;
> InputStream finalIS = null;
>
> switch (inputMode) {
> case "zpl":
> System.out.println("Input mode is zpl"); finalIS = new
> ByteArrayInputStream(data.getBytes());
> break;
> case "pdf":
> System.out.println("Input mode is pdf"); System.out.println("Source data:
> " + data); fisPDF = new FileInputStream(data); finalIS = fisPDF; break;
> default:
> }
>
> Integer bytesRead;
> byte[] buf = new byte[2048];
>
>
> do {
> bytesRead = finalIS.read(buf);
> if (bytesRead != -1) {
> outputStream.write(buf, 0, bytesRead);
> }
> } while (bytesRead != -1);
>
> outputStream.flush();
> outputStream.close();
>
>
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