RE: AFP/PCL Speed

["Richard Casey" <casey_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

Are you using overlays? I had a similar performance problem sending AFP
overlays to a non-IPDS printer. Using HPT, the overlay gets converted and
sent for EACH page! What I finally came up with was to convert the overlay
to a PCL macro. The operations staff then sends a PCL file to the printer
that stores the macro on the printer. Then I modified the print program to
call up the PCL macro and use it as an overlay. Made a HUGE difference!

If you need more info, just holler!

Richard


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Subject: AFP/PCL Speed


I converted an application to use AFP rather than a vendor's product. It
works fine...except for the speed. It's unbearably slow when printing to
a remote location. These are HP 4100 printers - no IPDS. So, the iSeries
is using HPT to convert from AFP to PCL (I believe). Is there anything I
can do to increase the throughput?

TIA...