RE: Can OV/400 only print IPDS?

["Nathan Simpson" <nathansimpson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CreatePrint is a forms package.

When you send output to a printer the CreatePrint software intercepts the
file and if the formtype of the *SPLF matches a CreatePrint formtype the
*SPLF data is manipulated to look the way you want it to look and graphics
added if required.

The problem is that CreatePrint doesn't support *IPDS. And from whar I
understand OV/400 or our version of it is printing output using *IPDS. The
SPLF needs to *SCS or *USERASCII.

So we need to change the output to one of the latter two options.

Regards,

Nathan Simpson

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Pat Barber
Sent: Friday, 12 July 2002 00:10
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Can OV/400 only print IPDS?


I'm not familar with "CreatePrint", but OV400 "can" use a IPDS printer
if you wish. IPDS is a hardware/software combo that requires both parts
to work correctly. You can "emulate" IPDS with HPT but the results are
often not satisfactory. You don't really "tinker" with IPDS, youy either
have or not...


Try to describe "CreatePrint" and what you are attempting to do and we
could be of more help.


Nathan Simpson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Although we will be getting rid of OV very shortly we need a quick fix for
a
> little problem.
>
> We are using CreatePrint which can't print IPDS files.
>
> Does OV only print files in IPDS format or can this be changed or is it
> something completely separate from OV?
>
> If it can be changed could you please provide some info on where and what
> options need to be tinkered with.
>
> Running V4R5 with whatever the last version of OV was released.
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