RE: Confused about printing

Loyd,

Host Print Transform (HPT) can't handle *IPDS spool files.  You need to
change the spool file to *AFPDS.

Leave the printer *DEVD alone.  You don't need AFP(*YES) when the printer is
using HPT.

In other words, HPT can't do *IPDS to ASCII.  But it can do *AFPDS to ASCII.

HTH,
Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goodbar, Loyd (ETS - Water Valley) 
> [mailto:LGoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:04 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Confused about printing
> 
> 
> I have an IBM 4312 printer I'd like to replace with a Dell 
> M5200. Using the
> recent "Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 
> Printer" thread as a
> guide, I have set up the Dell as a *LAN/3812 with host print 
> transform and
> using the *IBMPJLDRV system driver. Currently no workstation 
> customizing
> object, user defined object, or data transformation program.
> 
>  
> 
> I was under the impression I was able to print IPDS spooled files with
> barcodes to this printer, but the system holds the file. 
> Also, printing
> reports with MULTIUP(2) doesn't; it prints spooled files as 
> if the multiup()
> were not specified.
> 
>  
> 
> Somewhere else I read I could use the barcodes if I 
> recompiled the DDS using
> spooled file type AFPDS. However, I can't seem to get the 
> Dell printer to be
> an AFP capable printer with a device class of *LAN and type 3812.
> 
>  
> 
> Is there a "simple" matrix of which spooled file types work with which
> printer types?
> 
>  
> 
> I have two goals with the Dell printer: 1) Support printing 
> of bar codes -
> how? What's the proper non-IPDS setup for the printer? 2) 
> Support printing
> of regular spooled files with MULTIUP(2). Is this an 
> IPDS-only function or
> is this supported with HPT?
> 
>  
> 
> Loyd Goodbar
> 
> Senior programmer/analyst
> 
> BorgWarner
> 
> E/TS Water Valley
> 
> 662-473-5713
> 
>  
> 
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