RE: Printing to iSeries Access printer

Paul,

Thanks for responding.

I want to make sure I have the terminology correct.
You mention the system default MPP of 132. I do not know what you mean by
MPP, but the spool file is created with a width of 80 as shown:
Page size                                     PAGESIZE           
  Length  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :                 66 
  Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :                 80 
  Measurement Method  . . . . . . . . . . . :            *ROWCOL 
Lines per inch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : LPI        6       
Characters per inch . . . . . . . . . . . . : CPI        10      

I have also done OVRPRTF to make sure rotation is set to zero:
Page rotation  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   0

My PC printer is not using PDT.

Thanks,
Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+bkohlndorfer=unpath.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+bkohlndorfer=unpath.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Paul Tykodi
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:38 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Printing to iSeries Access printer


Dear Bob,


By default, PC5250 printing sessions enable Host Print Transform so that the
data stream received by the printer is actually created by the iSeries host
and then passed through the PC transparently.

When you get the reduced version of output, that is caused by Computer
Output Reduction (COR) being invoked. It usually means your 80 column report
is using the system default MPP (132 columns) and then executing a line feed
after 80 columns to create the desired format. This will cause the COR
algorithm to be invoked (provide format that is 70% of full size) because
the system believes the page is green/grey bar sized. You can resolve this
issue by either changing the MPP to 80 or setting the degree of page
rotation parameter to 0 (zero) instead of *AUTO.

If you would like your reports to be formatted by your Windows PC printer
driver and not the iSeries host, you need to uncheck the box in the PC5250
printer session named something like "Transform Print Data to ASCII on
AS/400". 

The i5/OS - OS/400 EBCDIC data would then be transferred natively from the
iSeries to the PC running iSeries Access. If you also make sure that you do
not select the Use PDT checkbox, iSeries Access will convert your EBCDIC
data into a Windows format known as GDI on the PC running iSeries Access.
The GDI format is the generic input format required by Windows print
drivers.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
Principal Consultant
TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC

E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx



>date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 14:50:57 -0600
>from: "Bob Kohlndorfer" <bkohlndorfer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: Printing to iSeries Access printer
>
>I am having trouble getting my printout formatted correctly on a PC 
>attached printer.
>
>The spool file is 80 characters wide and 66 lines long to print on a
>standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
>
>On some printers it is reducing the size of the font so that the 80 
>column is only about 6.5 inches over on the paper instead all the way on
the 
>right side of the page. Other printers chop off the last couple of 
>characters.
>
>I have tried changing the fonts in the iSeries Access setup with no 
>change at all in the printing.
>
> 
>
>Any suggestions?
>
> 
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bob Kohlndorfer

                
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