RE: Printing images from the /400

Charles,

 So would it be possible (from an RPG program) to output some standard
text, then on the following page output an image, go to the next page and
output another image, then on the next page output some more text, etc?
 
 If yes, how would this be accomplished?  I would prefer a straightforward
print program to do this (similar to a standard *SCS report) instead of a
separate merge process.

 -mark

Original Message:
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From: Wilt, Charles CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:00:54 -0400
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Printing images from the /400


PSF/400 is _NOT_ required to print from the iSeries to *ASCII printers.

PSF/400 isn't used when printing *AFPDS spool files to *ASCII printers.
Instead, Host Print Transform (HPT) is used.

However, HPT does have limitations when it comes to transforming *AFPDS
into *ASCII.
1.3.3.1 HPT limitations
Host Print Transform has the following limitations or restrictions:
* AFP graphics (GOCA objects) are not supported
* Graphics (GDF) files are not supported
* GDDM fonts are not supported
* CHRSIZ DDS keyword is not supported
* Edge-to-edge printing is supported only by removing all no-print
border values
* The FIDELITY printer file keyword is ignored
* AFP to ASCII transform may need to be run in raster mode for better
print
fidelity, at the risk of poorer performance
* Impact printers are not supported
* Computer output reduction (COR) and multiple-up printing is not
supported
* Color barcodes are not supported
* Only 240 and 300-pel images may be transformed

You might want to consider using PSF/400 and IPDS printers or Infoprint
Server and PDF capable printers.

HTH,
Charles Wilt
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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 Douglas Handy
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 2:32 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Printing images from the /400

Mark,

Would it matter whether this is going to an *IPDS or *ASCII 
type printer?

The target printers speak PCL5/6.

I *think* that either will work, once you have PSF/400.  But 
I haven't done
this (yet?), so don't hold me to that.

Is PSF/400 required for this to work?

Yes, and you must be on at least V5R3 as well.

I suppose the other option is to stay in *SCS mode, disable 
unprintable
character checks, then perform your own conversion of the 
TIFF contents into
raster graphics commands in PCL and insert into your document 
using the
ASCII transparency data stream command in SCS.  But that 
would tie you to
PCL based printers, and in general seems like a lousy alternative.

Doug

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