Re: Restarting an AFPDS SPLF killing system.

If you are going to have to restart large AFPDS spool files, you should
consider an IPDS card for the printer, or an IPDS translator/server. With
Host Print Transform, you're asking your CPU to translate the document
into PCL format, and find the pages you want.

You can get IPDS cards to plug into mid-size and larger HP printers.
Another approach, since the IPDS cards are often model specific, is to get
an IPDS print server. These accept the data stream to PCL aware printers,
and translate from IPDS/AFPDS to PCL and send the data on to the printers.
I haven't used one of these yet, but I like the idea of being able to
upgrade a printer without worrying if I can get an IPDS card for the
replacement. Some of these servers can also serve several printers at the
same time.


Steven Morrison
Fidelity Express




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Hello,

Today I had a user need to restart a 1000 page AFPDS spool file at page
700 and the writer went to 80%+ without ever printing anything.

The device is an HP4100 with internal IP card. Using a *DEVD with
TRANSFORM(*YES) WSCST(HP4000MOD) SYSDRVPGM(*IBMSNMPDRV). System is at
V5R4.

I tried a 10000 page SCS spool file and it only took a minute or so to
restart.

I use the *DEVD because of the page range control and a customized WSCST
for the *COR font sizing.

How can I get AFPDS to start at a specific page without killing the
system and to actually print?

Thanks.

Roger Vicker, CCP