RE: Creation of printer object for landscape printing.

Dave,

As others have pointed out....this is a limitation of the QM application.  
Printing on the iSeries, like printing on Windows requires the application 
doing the printing to determine orientation.  On Windows, there's a page setup 
for each application.  On the iSeries, the setup is in the printer file(s) used.

Unlike Word, QM doesn't provide an end-user friendly way to change this from 
the application; QM relies on the OVRPRTF command.

Options
1) Purchase a query package designed for end-users....SEQUEL comes to mind.
http://www.asc-iseries.com/sequel/

2) Wrap the STRQM and STRQMQRY commands in your own commands and CPP that 
allows you to specify what you need and does the proper OVRPRTF.



HTH,

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Odom
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:07 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Creation of printer object for landscape printing.
> 
> 
> I've asked my systems programmer to create a way for me to send
> printouts to an HP LAN attached printer in portrait or landscape
> orientations, at will.  This so I can choose different printers and
> therefore  print orientations from the list of printers 
> available to DB2
> Query Manager or other applications.  Currently, the DB2 QM 
> printer list
> only consists of printers that have been configured in the portrait
> orientation.   As you might guess these printers are also used for
> regular PC printing(Word, etc.).  And, as you know, what I 
> ask is easily
> chosen from a PC application. 
> 
> What object(s) does my systems programmer need to create on 
> the iSeries
> for each LAN HP-type printer and how does he configure them to allow a
> choice for print orientation from the iSeries?   I would 
> assume he needs
> to create one print device, such as a 3812 but two or more 
> print writers
> and/or print queues.  If so, how is that done and which configuration
> methodology provides the most flexibility?   Best practices are
> requested.  
> 
> It seems like all our Printers are configured with a device class of
> *VRT and a type of 3812.  I assume 3812 was picked by whomever
> originally configured the systems as being the closest IBM device type
> to HP LAN attached printers since there are no HP device types in the
> list of acceptable types.   
> 
> If what I ask is already well documented at the IBM web site or on the
> CD's that come with the OS, please let me know so I can point 
> my systems
> programmer in the appropriate direction.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Dave 
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