Re: GIF or JPEG printing still struggling (PDF and PNG printing with AFPRSC) -- MIDRANGE-L

Ah I see, I remember having that same issue with USPS. They were returning
a PDF when I needed only a GIF of the label. We ended created our own
label with TLASHFORD. Since then we've changed to UPS. You can ask UPS for
PDF, GIF, PNG, etc to be returned.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Scotts urls aren't valid I looked yesterday

On Aug 12, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Hi Marianne

You mention PNGs - we get signatures from our field associates as PNGs -

I convert them to GIFs using ImageMagick - an AIX utility that we
downloaded from Scott Klement's site. That's working great, and we then use
7.1 CPYSPLF to get the PDF from the spooled file.

I just did a search for pdf2pcl - that is part of something called

GhostScript - this would also be an AIX (and other OS') utility - I just
found this link -

http://www.scottklement.com/archives/ftpapi/200903/msg00083.html

If the URLs are still valid, this could work to generate the PCL.

I'll be looking at this today - maybe you can try it, as well.

You can get Ghostscript for your Windows machine - then you can test the

pdf2pcl utility and see what you get.

Regards
Vern

On 8/12/2016 7:03 AM, Hatcher, Marianne wrote:
Michael,
I haven't tried that because I need to print the PDF (which is a FedEx

label) and a packing slip on the same page (we have a special type of paper
that has a peel off label on the top and a tear off packing slip at the
bottom). The label comes back from FedEx's API and we are producing the
packing slip through an external printer file. I wanted to use the AFPRSC
keyword within the same printer file that produces the packing list.

We are making this change because we currently have all of our FedEx

labels manually programmed and printed through TLAshford and are trying to
replace that with the label that comes back from the FedEx API. We were
able to do this for UPS labels because their labels come back as GIF and I
can get those to print using AFPRSC component id 22.

Another option that I have with FedEx is to have their labels returned

as PNG. I read that component id 65 is for PNG but that doesn't work for
me either.

www.pilotpen.us
Marianne Hatcher - Senior Systems Analyst
Office: (904) 645-9999 ext.1262
Pilot Corporation of America
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of

Michael Schutte

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:09 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: GIF or JPEG printing still struggling

Marianne. Have you tried using the QImgCvtImg Api to convert the PDF

to a userascii spool file?

It doesn't create pcl spool file but remains as a PDF spool file. It

appears you are using Hp printers that can handle direct PDF printers.

I have posted code on using the QImgCvtImg api.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 11, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Hatcher, Marianne <MHatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Vern,
We are on 7.2. I am getting the PDF image back from a FedEx API then

saving it to the IFS. When I use the AFPRSC keyword to print it from the
IFS, it just prints a blank page. I really need to have it print from a
printer file so we can combine it (it is a Fedex label) with a packing
slip. It prints on a special form that has a peel-off label on the top and
the packing slip on the bottom of the same page.

I can copy the PDF from the IFS to my desktop and print it manually

from there and it looks perfect. Am I missing something on my AS400 that
will allow the printer to print the PDF with the AFPRSC keyword? We aren't
currently printing anything else (except UPS label which are .GIF) this way.

Have you been able to print PDFs from a printer file?

Thanks,
Marianne

www.pilotpen.us
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 12:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: GIF or JPEG printing still struggling

Hi Marianne

What version of the OS are you on? It seems it must be 7.2 or above,

since your normal printing is working - HPT is taking care of you.

We've been able to get the PDF itself into a *USERASCII file using the

QImgCvtImg API - that puts raw PDF into the spooled file - works only if
your printer has a direct PDF printing module.

Are you creating the PDFs yourself or getting them from somewhere else?

I can get GIFs into a PDF using AFPSRC at 7.1 - the CPYSPLF to *STMF
and
WSCST(*PDF) does that fine, I just can't get it into true PCL.

There are a couple IBM i KB articles - there titles both begin with

"IBM Printing PDF Stream Files to an..." - one for printers that DO support
direct PDF printing, the other for printers that do NOT.

But they suggest using FTP to send the stream file to a printer file

you create, and that just doesn't fly too well for me - have to sign in and
all.

HTH
Vern

On 8/11/2016 11:18 AM, Hatcher, Marianne wrote:
I got GIFs to print using

R GIFLABEL AFPRSC(&GIFLBLID 22 0.08 2.20 +
(*ROTATION 0) (*PATH &GIFPATH) +
(*SIZE 7 4) (*MAPOPT *ST))

I pass my label name to GIFLBIID and the path to GIFPATH within my
RPG program and it works great (this is used to print UPS labels that
are sent back from their API)

Now I need to print PDFs the same way but only get a blank page. I

have tried component id's 25 and 49. Has anyone been able to print PDFs
this way? I need this for printing FedEx labels.

www.pilotpen.us
Marianne Hatcher - Senior Systems Analyst
Office: (904) 645-9999 ext.1262
Pilot Corporation of America
3855 Regent Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32224 United States

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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Michael Schutte
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:59 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: GIF or JPEG printing still struggling

Yes that's the same issue I was having. I got around that by

converting PDF and then converting the PDF back to a userascii spool file.
I know you mentioned in another thread that it doesn't work likely because
it's a dell printer emulating Hp. So you really need to convert to pcl.
There's a thread on experts exchange if you want to read up. Go to google
and search for aix PDF to pcl.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 11, 2016, at 11:50 AM, Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

If I use Spoolmail to send a PDF to my email, it looks fine. If I
print, I get a blank page.

Interested in ANY more ideas. I created a simple GIF with the
letter A on it.

We don't have any HP printers but the DELL printer I'm testing with
emulates HP

Here is my printer description:

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(AJLASER) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) +
LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100) ATTACH(*DIRECT) ONLINE(*YES) +
FONT(11 *NONE) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +
PRTERRMSG(*INQ) MSGQ(*CTLD) ACTTMR(170) INACTTMR(*SEC15) +
LINESPEED(19200) WORDLEN(8) PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) +
TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5) PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +
PPRSRC2(*LETTER) ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10) ASCII899(*NO) +
IMGCFG(*IMGD02) CHRID(*SYSVAL) RMTLOCNAME('192.168.2.101') +
USRDFNOPT(*IBMSHRCNN) SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) +
TEXT('Dell 2135CN') +
PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK +
(*UNKNOWN))

My Printer file created with DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) R IMAGE
AFPRSC('A.GIF' 22 +
1.000 1.000 (*SIZE 4.00 6.000) +
(*PATH '/tmp') +
(*MAPOPT *SL))

Program is really nothing
FPRTIMAGE9pO E PRINTER
/free
write image
*inlr = *On;
return;
/end-free
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