Re: Forms printing

[jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you.  

John McKee

-----Original message-----
From: Michael Ryan michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:22:55 -0600
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Forms printing

> I usually use the AFP 300 printer driver.
>
> I generate the forms using an overlay, and HPT to a laser printer.
> Need to specify *AFPDS for the printer file, but just a regular laser
> printer.
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:44 PM, jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The redbook, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg242160.pdf is easy enough to read.  But, I have a couple of questions:
> >
> > 1) I have an existing blank form.  I am assuming that the form would need to be scanned and then printed to a file using the AFP printer.  Which one would I use?
> >
> > 2) Is an IPDS printer required, or would an AFPDS printer file work when directed to a laser printer.  The form has boxes and text with different fonts.
> >
> >
> > Currently, forms are being generated by a forms chip inside a Lexmark printer.  Would really be nice to not be tied to a specific printer model, which is no longer manufactured.
> >
> >
> > John McKee
> >
> >
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