RE: Overlays/AFP Printing

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave

At 07:39 AM 10/6/97 -0500, you wrote:

>>Are you sure about your statement that "..., if you're only putting
>>overlays on existing data, you can specify the overlay on an SCS
>printer, too-no need for AFP/IPDS printer."?  If so, what type of SCS
>printer are you talking about.  It would have to be one that supports
>IPDS, because I'm fairly certain that printers such as line printers
>would not handle overlays.

I think I should have said 'SCS printer file', not 'SCS printer'. And I
agree, line printers probably can't handle overlays. But there are some SCS
fullpage types, aren't there? I'm home on vacation so don't have access to
our 400, and the Online Library web site is so busy I can't get on. Check
the CRTPRTF/CHGPRTF help—there are parameters for overlays, and these are
the AFP-type *OVL object. The use of this probably depends on printer type
and model settings. Also, Host Print Transform can convert stuff to many
kinds of native streams, but those are almost all ASCII-type printers.
Might work if fast enough, though.

I feel it's awfully hard to get good info from IBM on AS/400 printing that
goes beyond the 'good old days' *SCS kind of stuff. AFP training is limited
to mainframes, e.g. Does this fit with your experience?

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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