Re: print OCR chars - requires IPDS?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not necessarily. You do need one of the OCR fonts on the 400. But you can 
use Host Print Transform to convert the spooled file for a specified 
printer MFG/MDL. The printer device type has to be *IPDS.

Problem with HPT is performance - all the work is done by the 400. A real 
IPDS printer will do the work at the printer. Also, special functions, 
overlays, fonts, etc., are downloaded once to a real IPDS printer, whereas 
HPT has to apply them to each page in turn.

All this info should be in one of the Printing xx redbooks

There's also a printing page at IBM with a nice sampler for printing. Look 
up QSAMPLER in infocenter or the new search engine at iSeries support.

HTH

Vern

At 09:56 AM 3/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To print OCR chars, is it required that the printer be IPDS?
>
> TIA,
> Dave
>
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