Re: Printronix Label Printers.

Larry,
You did not mention which options you took in configuring both printer and the i devd or outq or even which Printronix model.
I don't want to throw out guesses, but having setup a number of Printronix and other label printers over the years, the following has generally worked for me.

1. If you've been in a support call then assume you have been through all the variations like (if your model supports this-putting the printer in Epson mode and using one of the recommended Epson mfrtypmdl's on the system) or the IBM Proprinter mode and mfrtypmdl... or others in the list.

2. This has been a common problem... what is between the printer and the i (if anything) (you verified the 0C from the system and not the hardware in between.

are you using the 'd1prn' RMTPRTQ (if this is a remote outq)?
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1b49aa3cf3ce97d0d862565c2007d4393


Printronix recommendations - including notes on certain printer data streams (bottom of doc)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas10fc2dc92fbe97ece862569c1007a9793

jim franz


----- Original Message ----- From: "DrFranken" <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Printronix Label Printers.

Scott,

This is indeed intriguing.

The logic would have to be "Replace any 0C with 0A unless it is the VERY
last character in the print stream. In that case don't send anything
whatever."

Can you point to an example of such a program?

Thanks!

- Larry

On 7/19/2012 5:09 PM, Scott Klement wrote:

Hello,

Sorry, I've not used Printronix label printers... (Actually, I
have... but it was 1980ish type stuff that didn't exhibit this problem.)

Having said that... I wonder if you couldn't write a USRDTATFM exit
program? It could call the normal HPT API to do the data transform,
but could search the output buffer for the unwanted x'0c' and remove
it as desired. That would eliminate the problem you're describing,
would it not?

-SK


On 7/19/2012 4:02 PM, DrFranken wrote:

Is anyone using Printronix label printers LAN connected for the
exclusive purpose of printing pre-formatted labels?

We have beat this problem to death, IBM is out of ideas (up to "You can
pay for a consultant.")

Problem is that IBM i (5.4) is sending an occasional '0C' (feed
character.) When that is in the middle of the label command language
stream it's fine because the printer's control process ignores it.
However when it happens to be in the ASCII bits between labels where the
'EXECUTE FORM' is sent, then it causes that row of labels to print
Twice!

Attempting to use a WSCST object to replace the 0C with nothing (i.e.
DATA = ''X) fails because ''X and '00'X work out to the same thing. So
the 00 appears instead of the 0C and that sends the printer wacko and it
prints errors instead of labels.

I tried to be cute by replacing the 0C with a 0A because the 0C was
overlaying 0A. Worked for printing BUT the system always sends an 0C at
the end of the print file so now it sends 0A and that wacks the
alignment by one line for each label job.

SOMEBODY has to be using these printers??? Thoughts?

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.

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