RE: Batch print to AFP printer

Booth,

You've lost me.

What's an AFP printer?  I'm assuming you're talking about an AFP capable
*IPDS printer.

What do you mean you can't network it?  What printer are you working
with?  Most I've dealt with were networkable.

Don't understand how you are using the PC, where is the save-as dialog
box coming from.

Note that to network attach an AFP capable *IPDS printer, you must have
the PSF/400 LICPGM installed, 5722ss1 option 36, or 37, or 38.

HTH,

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:05 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Batch print to AFP printer

We would like to process overlays to an AFP printer with a batch 
process, hopefully with no need for a person to click the 
image file and 
send it to the AFP printer.

What we are imagining is to take an old PC, install an AFP printer, 
network it to our LAN, and set it in the closet with the door 
closed and 
the lights off.  We'd like to write a script that accepts a file name 
and prints a prn file to a predesignated spot.

The two issues that are stoppers for us are:
1) the AFP printer apparently can not be effectively networked, hence 
the need for a dedicated PC.
2) we can not find a way to print the file from a command 
line.  Every 
choice we see requires that a dialog box be presented and a save-as 
name/destination be chosen by a person at the keyboard.

Anyone have any ideas how we could do either of these two items?


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Booth Martin
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