RE: Printing confusion -- MIDRANGE-L

Carl,

I am stepping through these instructions. I believe I am missing one
thing here - That I really DO NEED an attached printer which is *AFPDS
capable. Not just an HP LaserJet configured via Client Access.
Correct?

Don

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Galgano
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 4:20 AM
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Subject: RE: Printing confusion

I got this from the list in 2002.

How to create an overlay

1. Create the lay-out of the overlay in any windows application that
can
print output

2. Print the lay-out to the IBM AFP printer driver (available at
http://www2.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/web/ipprintdriver). The printer
driver must be configured to output to a file using the desired resource
type (i.e. overlay). Consult the printer driver help text on how to do
this.

3. Create an empty physical file on the AS/400 (record length 32766
bytes) using the following command: CRTPF FILE(library/file)
RCDLEN(32766)
LVLCHK(*NO) MAXMBRS(*NOMAX)

4. Add a member for the overlay to be created using the following
command
: ADDPFM FILE(library/file) MBR(member) TEXT(description)

5. Upload the overlay file to the physical file on the AS/400 with any
FTP package. The following example assumes that you use FTP included in
all versions of Windows. Start an MS-DOS session and issue the
following commands :

. ftp systemname
. bin
. cd library (as400)
. lcd directory (pc)
. put pcfile as400file.member

6. Create the overlay on the AS/400 using the following command:
CRTOVL
OVL(library/overlay) FILE(library/file) MBR(member) DATATYPE(*AFPDS)

7. Override the print file with the option DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) and specify
the overlay FRONTOVL(library/overlay)

Carl J. Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
770-422-2995
www.ediconsulting.com

600 Kennesaw Avenue
Suite 400
Marietta, GA 30060

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:32 AM
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Subject: RE: Printing confusion

I like that idea Carl. Are there any tried and true and accepted steps
to follow to get a form properly uploaded and set up as an overlay?

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Galgano
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 8:04 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Printing confusion

Don, have you already bought the cut sheet forms?
Printing to lasers from tractor fed is always a PITA. I have a WSCST
that may help. As long as you are converting this process, why no
create a form overlay and do without the special form and have the laser
printer do all the work and print on regular paper?

Also, you say this is using CA emulation. Have you tried to connect the
printer directly using IP with a HP direct card or a print server?
cjg

Carl J. Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
770-422-2995
www.ediconsulting.com

600 Kennesaw Avenue
Suite 400
Marietta, GA 30060

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:02 AM
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Subject: RE: Printing confusion

The 90 rotation put the horizontal right on! The vertical starts about
4 lines LOWER.

THANKS!

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+dcavaiani=amerequip.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Wayne McAlpine
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:35 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Printing confusion

I think if you set ROTATE to 90, it will print okay.

Don Cavaiani wrote:

Below is what option 8 shows. Also, the actual DDS does go out to at
least 94 bytes wide.

Page size:
Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 51
Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 132
Measurement method . . . . . . . . . : *ROWCOL
Lines per inch . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
Characters per inch . . . . . . . . . : 10
Overflow line number . . . . . . . . . : 42
Fold records . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NO

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kirkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:10 AM
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Subject: Re: Printing confusion

Here's a quick guess... Look at the PRTF or use OPT #8 while the job
is in the outq. Look for the Page Size parms. The system 'knows' your

4224 is a wide carriage printer, and that the HP is a laser (read
narrow carriage id you will). I general terms, if the Page Width is
over 80 characters, then the system forces a function called COR
(computer something reduction). This does 2 things typically, rotates
the page to landscape and goes to a small a font.

The maybe just changing the printfile from it's default of 132 wide to

80 wide 'may' fix the problem. There are other ways to fix it if that
doesn't do it.

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Printing confusion

Greetings,

I'm confused (pretty normal state). We currently print P.O.s on a
4224 printer using a custom form. Time to reorder forms, and now we
would like to buy cut sheet form and print these P.O.'s out on an HP
LaserJet (configured via Client Access). I tested this, and for
whatever reason,

when the P.O. printed out on the laser, it was greatly condensed both
horizontally and vertically?

Don

Don F. Cavaiani
IT Manager
Amerequip Corp.
920-894-7063

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