Re: Tumble Duplex on IBM Infoprint 21

You can try to use Page definitions or Form definitions,
see the manual:
AS/400 Guide to
Advanced Function Presentation and
Print Services Facility
code:
S544-5319-03
--- "Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@SOUTHERNWINE.com> wrote:
> Hi gang -
> 
> We recently purchased an IBM Infoprint 21 printer.  We
> want everything sent
> to this printer to print in tumble duplex.  Unfortunately
> host information
> overrides the printer configuration so the reports print
> in simplex.
> 
> We CANNOT change the reports to specify DUPLEX(*TUMBLE)
> since the same
> report may be printed on other printers that can handle
> duplex but we want
> them to print in simplex on those printers.
> 
> I tried writing a data transformation program to change
> the simplex command
> to specify "no change" so that the printer configuration
> would be used, but
> have run into multiple problems.
> 
> 1. Even if I don't change the data, the report prints on
> one line and the
> characters look like Japanese.
> 2. The simplex command is not in the data passed to the
> data transformation
> program anyway.  The only commands passed in the buffer
> before the actual
> print data are to set the language to English and to set
> the unprintable
> characters replacement character to blank.
> 
> I changed my program to specify that it is not going to
> transform the data.
> That got rid of problem #1.
> To get around #2, on option 20 (opening a spool entry to
> print) I send back
> a command forcing tumble duplex, but the report still
> prints in simplex.  I
> don't know if this is because my command is not being
> sent, it is being sent
> but it is sent before the simplex command so that command
> overrides my
> command, or if it is being sent in the proper order but
> is being translated
> to "Japanese" so that it's not the proper command when it
> actually gets to
> the printer.
> 
> I have submitted a request to IBM for help, but quite
> frankly I have my
> doubts as to whether I will get anything useful.
> 
> Does anyone here have anything helpful about the
> Infoprint 21 printer?  Or
> does anyone have any experience with data transformation
> programs and can
> give me some help in getting one to work the way I want. 
> The documentation
> is minimal (section 2.4 in the V4R4 Print APIs manual)
> and I couldn't find
> anything in the Printing redbook, either V or VI.
> 
> We are on V4R4.
> 
> Ken
> Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily
> represent the views of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
> 
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