Re: Bar Codes on a Printronix P7220 Printer

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Assuming the Printronix works like the IBM 6400 line printers...

I suspect that you'd need the IPDS option installed in the printer.

You'd have to have the printer defined as *IPDS via CRTDEVPRT DEVD(MYPRT)
DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(*IPDS)

This means that you also have to have the _chargeable_ licence program
Print Services Facility (PSF) for IBM i.  At 7.1 there are three versions:
LICPGM       Option     Description
5770-SS1 36 PSF for IBM i 1-55 IPM Printer Support
5770-SS1 37 PSF for IBM i 1-100 IPM Printer Support
5770-SS1 38 PSF for IBM i Any Speed Printer Support

Finally, a warning...printing barcodes significantly slowed down the IBM
6400 line printer I tried them on.

If you don't already have the PSF LICPGM, you can install it as a 70-day
trial to test before you pay for it.

Charles

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Paul Roy <paul.roy@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I do not know the P7220 but it looks like IPDS is an option on this
> printer  (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019513)
> so the configuration is not made throug the outq but need a  device
> description
>
>
>
>
>
> From:   "Rich Marion" <DPCMarion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   19/11/2015 04:08
> Subject:        Bar Codes on a Printronix P7220 Printer
> Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> I have been trying to print a bar code using a Printronix P7220 printer to
> no avail.
>
> My sample spool files print fine on our laser cut sheet printers (bar
> coding
> included), but I need the spool file to print on the Printronix.
>
> I think it is just a configuration issue of the OutQ.  Can anyone help
> with
> the configuration setting to make it an IPDS or AFPDS type printer?
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
>
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