R: print OCR chars - requires IPDS?

["Franco Broccardo" <francob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may also use a different approach. If you are willing to use a 5250
printer emulation solution running on a PC, and you have the OCR font
available on that PC, you may re-map one of the FontID (for example FID
245-5 cpi) to be the OCR and put in the DDS the keyword FONT(*CPI) to call
that font for the specific field. All this can run on a plain *scs printter
device.
The re-map FONTID->OCR can be done in the printer software emulation.
Our software can do this as well as some others.
If you are interested in trying this you can drop me an e-mail off list.
Best Regards,
Franco Broccardo
francob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Per conto di Vern Hamberg
Inviato: mercoledi 26 marzo 2003 16.18
A: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Oggetto: Re: print OCR chars - requires IPDS?


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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