Re: Printing barcodes on IBM 6400 using TCP/IP OUTQ

Scott,

 I believe to maintain the IPDS(*YES) capability you will need to put an
IBM Ethernet interface in the printer. As I recall this is an option but
I can't remember if it can be added later or must be ordered that way. 
Once you connect it to the JetDirect you are losing support for IPDS. 
If you can't add the IBM Ethernet port then consider someone like I/O
who as I recall has Jet-Direct like boxes with IPDS support.

 HTH - Larry

ps -Yes the BARCODE keyword requires IPDS.

Scott.Lindstrom@zenith.com wrote:
> 
> We currently have an IBM 6400 line printer connected via twinax, and an
> application that uses the DDS keyword BARCODE in the printfile to print
> some bar codes on a report.  The 6400 printer is defined as an IPDS
> printer, and when the PRTF is compiled, DEVTYPE(*IPDS) needs to be
> specified.
> 
> We now wish to attach the 6400 to the AS/400 using TCP/IP via a HP
> Jetdirect card.  When we test this, all output except the report containing
> the barcodes print OK.  That reports prints all garbage characters.  The
> attributes of the spool file show "Barcodes .....Y".
> 
> I have searched everything I can think of to find out a way to define this
> printer so the barcodes will work.   Creating a 3812 device description
> (ie, *LAN 3812 PJL) is not an option, since IBM says this is not supported
> for 6400's.  And there doesn't seem to be a way to do a CRTOUTQ that will
> support IPDS.  (I'm assuming IPDS is what the BARCODE needs).

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