Re: IPDS to AFP (was Re: Confused about printing)

IPDS is a "hardware" function with ipds commands used
in DDS. It's been around for "many" years. AFP is another
horse that requires optional software for the most part.

HPT with *afpds can handle a "few" special operations
but not all.

CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Brad,

I'm no expert at this.  But as I understand it, *IPDS is basically a subset
of *AFPDS.  So *AFPDS can do everything *IPDS can do and more.

I've not yet had a problem just changing the printer file type from *IPDS to
*AFPDS and printing it to a HPT printer.

Note, the only catch is a native printer defined TYPE(*IPDS)  AFP(*NO) can
print *IPDS but not *AFPDS.  Additionally to have a native printer defined
TYPE(*IPDS) AFP(*YES) that can handle *AFPDS spool files, you need the extra
cost PSF/400 license program.

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Stone [mailto:brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:33 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: IPDS to AFP (was Re: Confused about printing)

Charles,

Can you simply change an IPDS spooled file to AFPDS (the
printer device type attribute of the spooled file) and HPT
will work?  Or is there more involved?  I haven't work with
IPDS for a long time.  I would suspect (probably wrongly)
that there may be some proprietary IPDS information in
those spooled files?  Or maybe not...

Brad

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:24:46 -0400 CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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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