Re: Printing images from the /400 -- MIDRANGE-L

What does IBM suggest? This is becoming too common a need to beresolved by the horribly obtuse processes you guys are suggesting.



Craig Jacobsen wrote:

   Mark,

   How do you know when to print the image?  If there is a a way to do this,
   then a simple OVRPRTF will allow you to change the image on the page.  You
   will have to create the overlays and get them over to the regular 400 from
   the ifs.  If you want, you can read about it on the ignite/400 site and
   search on overlay.

   HTH,

   Craig Jacobsen

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     From:  "mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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     Subject:  Re: Printing images from the /400
     Date:  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:15:42 -0400
     Rob,

       These are supporting documents for invoices, so there is no "fixed"
     image,
     like a logo might be.  Would it still be practical to use overlays for
     this
     function?

       -mark

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     From:  rob@xxxxxxxxx
     Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:33:32 -0400
     To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     Subject: Re: Printing images from the /400

     Have you done overlays?  Perhaps you could print the interleave page as
     a
     blank page with an overlay on it.  There might be a faq on how to make a
     document an overlay.

     Rob Berendt
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     Group Dekko Services, LLC
     Dept 01.073
     PO Box 2000
     Dock 108
     6928N 400E
     Kendallville, IN 46755
     http://www.dekko.com

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     Subject
     Printing images from the /400

       I'm working on a project to print images from the /400.  This *should*
     be
     easy nowadays, where GUI is the norm insterad of the exception, but
     there
     seems to be a dearth of easy to follow information in this area.

       Goal:
       Print customer invoices, interleaving 0 to n supporting documents
     (e.g.
     Proof of Delivery) between each invoice.

       Current setup:
       Invoices are generated as a standard *SCS spool.

       Documents have already been scanned as TIFF images and reside in the
     IFS.

       Printers support PCL5 or PCL6 and are mostly HP.  They are currently
     configured as *LAN printers, using the 3812 mod 1 type description and
     Host
     Print Transform.

       There might be up to 1000 invoices on a particular day, though the
     volume
     is spread out over numerous offices, so spool generation performance is
     not
     much of an issue.  Plus, the bulk of them can be generated overnight. It
     is
     also not practical to invest in *IPDS type printers.

       I would like to import / reference the images on the fly, as the
     invoices
     are being generated, instead of generating the *SCS spool and doing
     post-processing.

       Questions:
       What API's, if any, would be required to do this?

       Can TIFF images be used or do they need to be converted to some other
     format?

       Is any additional software required from IBM (e.g. AFPU) or can this
     be
     done with the existing facilities in i5/OS?  (We would rather stay away
     from another chargeable licensed program, unless the benefits it
     provides
     make it a "must have" tool.)

       Are any device configuration changes required, e.g. AFP(*YES)?

       Any assistance, code samples, etc. would be appreciated.

       Thank you.

       -mark

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