RE: Postscript OUTQ

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If PCL isn't supported, you might look to see if it supports direct
printing of PDF files.

As I understand it, PDF files are basically Postscript, so it's
possible.

If so, you could use the Infoprint Server LICPGM to convert to PDF and
send the spool files that way.

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 Scott Klement
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:05 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Postscript OUTQ
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> > I've got a copier that I'm trying to get set up to print 
> from our iSeries.
> > It prints fine from PC applications but I'm having 
> difficulty getting the
> > OUTQ set up correctly.  The print emulation says that it's 
> PostScript Level
> > 3.
>
> To me that sounds like the printer emulates PostScript, but 
> it isn't the 
> native language.  I wonder what the native language is?
>
> The reason I ask that:  The System i (iSeries, AS/400, 
> whatever) has never 
> done a very good job of supporting PostScript.  It supports 
> it only as an 
> image transform, and it's rather inefficient to convert all of your 
> documents to images!
>
> However, if the copier supports PCL, you could set up host 
> print transform 
> to convert to PCL and you'd be good to go.
>
> We have a Ricoh photocopier here that supports PCL natively 
> and PostScript 
> Level 3 emulation.  Although many of our PC applications send 
> PostScript 
> to it, and all of our Unix applications send PostScript, the 
> iSeries ones 
> use PCL and it works nicely.
>
> I've also written RPG programs that output PostScript to a *USERASCII 
> spooled file, so the system doesn't have to understand the PostScript 
> itself, the program generates it...   that also works nicely 
> and gives you 
> a level of flexibility that you wouldn't have with native 
> iSeries (AFP 
> converted to PCL) stuff.
>
>    I've done my fair share of work with printers but haven't 
> really had
> > the need to do anything with PostScript.  Can anybody suggest an
> > appropriate device or other configuration options?  Thanks.
>
> If you can't figure it out from your copier's documentation, 
> you might try 
> looking at IBM's site. It shows lots of printer manufacturers and the 
> appropriate configurations:
> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1b44a2cf4ba778
> d83862568250053649f
>
> Here's a shorter link:
> http://tinyurl.com/jx4bt
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