Re: IPDS printer setup (was: RE: Level Check on CRTOVL?)

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you don't have an IPDS chip, you -can- print overlays if you use
AFP printing.  You need to define the printer as AFP capable (I don't
remember the exact settings).

AFP uses the AS/400 to create the bit map that is sent to the
printer.  This does work with remote printers, but a lot more
slowly-- the AS/400 ships the entire page bitmap for each page you
print.  That's when you need the IPDS card-- the bitmap for the
overlay is shipped once, then reused with each page of variable data
you print.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com





>Okay, I am clueless here. How do I set up a IPDS printer? How can I tell if
>the printer will even work for this?
>
>In our department we have a Xerox and a Lexmark currently set up that they
>can print from the AS400 via IP address.
>
>Mike
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