Re: *afpds spooled file not printing correctly on ip attached printer

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

I get asked how to direct a PDF directly from the IFS to a printer all the
time.  Never really had a good answer as there doesn't seem to be anything
native (that I know of, maybe there is with V6 or V7).

but...

I have some new software that lets you print to a Google Cloud Printer
right from the IBM i command line.  That means you can send a PDF file from
the IFS, or give it a URL where a PDF is online and it will print it to any
printer you have set up as a Google Cloud Printer.

Contact me for more info and I'll explain.  :)

Brad
www.bvstools.com


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Sure, most printers nowadays can print PDFs directly.
>
> Charles
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
> > well that is not good.   Since Gumbo does a good job of printing the
> > AFPDS spooled file to PDF, I wonder if I can route the PDF file to the
> > IP attached printer somehow.
> >
> > anyway, thanks Charles.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Because the AFPDS to ASCII conversion has some limitations...
> > > http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/Setting_up_a_printer#Limitations
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Steve Richter <
> stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have an *AFPDS spooled file, that is produced using a DDS PRTF, The
> > > > PRTF uses the CHRSIZ keywork to print the report heading in a large
> > > > font. And then the BARCODE keyword to print a barcode.  When I use
> > > > Gumbo to email this spooled file to me as a PDF document the document
> > > > prints as it should. However, when I print the spooled file to a
> > > > connection type *IP output queue the output is off.  Text overlaps
> > > > other text. The heading line with the CHRSIZ keyword does not print.
> > > > But the barcode prints.
> > > >
> > > > Why would this *AFPDS spooled file not print correctly on an *IP
> > > > attached laser printer?  When I WRKOUTQD I see that host transform is
> > > > set to *YES and there is a workstation customizing object for an HP
> > > > printer.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
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