Re: Set spool file to be recognised as black and white as opposed to colour

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don,

I haven't tried embedded the PJL sequence in WSCST as you are doing, but 
it seems logical that it'd work.

For USRDTATFM, I used a modified version of IBM's TSPRWPR tool.  I think 
this tool was originally part of QUSRTOOL and was to enable page range 
support with remote writers...

But, I got a copy that they had modified further to also support the 
stapling and hole-punching capability of a newer copier/printer.  This 
was written by Rodney Johnson from IBM, and was written in ILE C.

I modified it to support the devices that I needed.  (The PJL for hole 
punching and stapling was different on my devices than the one Rodney 
had provided.) and also to set the userid and B&W printing mode (which, 
of course, is really grayscale as you correctly noted in your WSCST 
example.)

Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the code since it was a 
previous job -- but perhaps you can locate the TSPRWPR that has the 
stapling/punching support and start with that?  Maybe someone on the 
list knows where to get that.

-SK


On 9/17/2015 1:24 AM, Don Brown wrote:
> Thanks for the information Scott.
>
> I am thinking you needed to do this to be able to insert the user id as
> this is dynamic information. (I have a customer in Adelaide that would
> really benefit from having the user id in the job but that is a job for
> another day!)
>
> As the information is static - will be for every job my next option is to
> apply a WSCST with a printer initialisation string to set the mode.
>
> Based on the HP PJL manual I am thinking;
>
> :INITPRT
>             /* Ec% - 1 2 3 4 5 X @ P J L CrLf */
>        DATA = '1B252D31323334355840504A4C0D0A'X
>             /* @ P J L   S E T   R E N D E R M O D E = G R A Y S C A L E
> CrLf */
>
> '40504a4c205345542052454e4445524d4f44453d475241595343414c450D0A'X
>             /* EcE     (Initialize Printer) */
>               '1B45'X.
>
>
> I am though very interested in investigating the use of the USRDTATFM
> exit point.  If anyone has any working example of this and would like to
> share I would really appreciate it rather than starting by searching for
> the relevant manual(s)
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Don Brown
>
>
>
>
> From:   Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   16/09/2015 11:27 AM
> Subject:        Re: Set spool file to be recognised as black and white as
> opposed to      colour
> Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> There is an escape code that needs to be sent to the printer to tell it
> to use black & white mode -- and unfortunately, the Host Print Transform
> does not send this code.
>
> I fixed this at a previous job, about 10 years ago, by inserting some
> code using the USRDTATFM exit point...   but it was 10 years ago, and I
> don't remember the specifics anymore, sorry.
>
> In our case, we were using the printer's statistics to charge
> appropriate departments within our organization (each employee used
> their own signon to print to this printer, and we charged their
> departments a different rate per page for B&W vs Color, this is why we
> had to fix it.)  So we had code in there to insert their userid for the
> printer to recognize it when printing from IBM i, as well as set the B&W
> mode (IBM i never printed color)...  it was fairly complex.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any of the specifics.  But, maybe this will
> help you look in the right place?  (PJL manual, perhaps?)
>
>
> On 9/15/2015 6:56 PM, Don Brown wrote:
> > We have a new colour printer (Fuji-Xerox MFP model FX DocuCentre-IV
> > C2265 PCL 6)
> >
> > We are using a remote output queue to connect to a Windows 2012 R2
> > server with LPR printing enabled.
> >
> > The issue is the printer is detecting every print job from the System i
> > as a colour job and this results in being charge at a colour rate per
> > print.
> >
> > I have looked at the *HPCOLORLJ work station customising object for any
> > commands that relate to colour but nothing seems to be obvious.  I have
> > tried HP5 and other options for manufacture type and model but always
> > the print job is received/identified as colour.
> >
> > Could anyone suggest how I could configure the output queue or
> workstation
> > customising object to enable the print jobs to be recognised as black
> > and white jobs.
> >
> > Thanks everyone!
> >
> > Don Brown