RE: Postscript OUTQ

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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