Re: ##EMailNumber 01-WNY-2823145 Where are the ICG parms of an Externally Described Printer File ?

Looks like you are asking for a page size of 68 inches by 132 inches.  Your
Unit of Measure is *INCH instead of character.

-----Original Message-----
From: jmoreno@militarycars.com <jmoreno@militarycars.com>
To: midrange-L@midrange.com <midrange-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 1:39 PM
Subject: ##EMailNumber 01-WNY-2823145 Where are the ICG parms of an
Externally Described Printer File ?


>Hi all,
>
>I am having a problemPRINTING  a simple Spooled File in a 4245 Printer.
>
>I am using an externally defined printer file with simple space, skip,
edtcde and edtwrd
>keywords. The DATA is simple text in Upper and Lower Case !
>
>I get this INQUIRY message > CPA3303
>
> Message . . . . :   Attributes of file MQ2FORMA not supported for device
>   PRT01. (C G H)
>
> Cause . . . . . :   Writer PRT01 found attributes of file MQ2FORMA
>    on output queue PRT01 that are not supported for device PRT01.
>
> The error code, or codes, are 5.
>
>     5 - IGC data (IGCDTA), IGC character rotation (IGCCHRRTT), IGC
characters
>
>          per inch (IGCCPI), or IGC shift-out and shift-in characters
(IGCSOSI) not
>          supported on device.
>
>Here are the details for  printer file  MQ2FORMA .
>DDS Sample:
>       *
>      A          R RCD001
>
>      A                                      SKIPB(003)
>      A            USER          10         4
>      A            FDATE          8S 0    100
>      A                                      EDTWRD('  -  -    ')
>      A            FTIME          6S 0    112
>      A                                      EDTWRD('  :  :  ')
>      A                                   123
>      A                                      'Page -'
>      A            FPAGE          2S 0    130
>      A                                      EDTCDE(Z)
>      A          R RCD002
>      A                                      SPACEB(001)
>      A                                    40
>      A                                      'CUSTOMER ORDER'
>               etc ...
>
>Other formats are just text with occasional skips,space, edtcde and edtwrd
keywords only
>
>Command used to create the printer file:
>
>        CRTPRTF   FILE(MQ2FORMA) srcfile(QDDSSRC) PAGESIZE(68 132) LPI(8)
>            CPI(10) OVRFLW(60) PAGRTT(*AUTO) UOM(*INCH) MAXNDRS(*NOMAX)
AUT(*ALL)  LVLCHK(*NO)
>
>And THERE ARE NOT ICG parameters in this CRTPRTF command.
>
>The printer PRT01 was created with the following parameters:
>
> CRTDEVPRT DEVD(PRT01) DEVCLS(*LCL) TYPE(4245) MODEL(T12) PORT(3) +
>          SWTSET(2) ONLINE(*YES) CTL(CTL03) FORMFEED(*CONT) +
>          PRTERRMSG(*INQ) MSGQ(*LIBL/QSYSOPR) IMGCFG(*NONE) +
>          TEXT('AS/400 Printer') +
>          DEPLOCNAME(*NONE)
>
>I also want to indicate that the majority of the spooled files that go
through this printer have the definition
>of  PAGESIZE(68 132) LPI(8) CPI(10) OVRFLW(60) but these are program
described files.
>
>When I see the attributes of the spooled file it indicates a correct
definition of PAGESIZE, LPI, CPI and OVERFLOW.
>
>Probably I am too BLIND to see the solution of this PROBLEM in front of me
...
>
>I have exhausted my trial and error exercises .... Any Ideas Group ?
>
>Thanks In Advance for your Suggestions / Answers
>
>  JORGE
>
>
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