Re: How to print an IFS PDF file on a LAN printer

Hi Michael,
Thank you!
Yes, the license program is installed and I can produce PDF on IFS by using
different tools, both internal and external to IBMi.
What I can't do is to have these PDFs sent to a physical printer: the
methods I know about (reading file from IFS and sent it to an *USERASCII
print file or FTP it) both require the physical printer to accept direct
print, so at this time I am struggling with it.

It seems there is no way (except Infoprint) to make the conversion in the
Ibm system before sending the spool file to the physical printer.

Thank you
Lucia

Il giorno mar 10 ago 2021 alle ore 15:58 Mayer, Michael via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

Thought possibly this could help. I could very well be wrong on both but
just trying to help.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/644669

Check Go LICPGM, option 10 and see if this is installed:
5770TS1 1 Transforms - AFP to PDF Transform


Very Respectfully,
Michael Mayer
IBM i on Power System Admin.
The Florida Bar
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300
mmayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://www.floridabar.org


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message: 5
date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:23:26 -0500
from: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: How to print an IFS PDF file on a LAN printer

Hi Lucia

Are these printers different? Do they support printing PDFs directly? If
not, you would get nonsense, right? Do you have to define the DEVD as
*USERASCII? I saw the posts you sent to a couple forums those years ago,
about PRTSTMF, so I'm sure you have asked these questions already!!

Regards
Vern

On 8/10/2021 4:03 AM, Maria Lucia Stoppa wrote:

Hi all,

I know I am going to ask a silly question, but I couldn't solve it by
myself.

We produce PDF files (via cpysplf as PDF or external tools) and save
them on IFS, then we need to print them later from an RPG program to a
remote output queue (*LAN printer device).

Years ago, I am pretty sure I solved the same issue on my previous job
by using SK prtstmf command at V7R3, but in the current position on a
V7R4 system I can't find any viable way to do it.

I tried both SK command and FTP as suggested by IBM, and tried many
different printer device configurations for an HP laser printer and a
RICOH Aficio printer.

Non PDF spool files are printed fine, but when it comes to PDF I only
get pages and pages of garbage.

At this point, I read all IBM technical pages I could find on the
subject and the old Midrange threads with no new clue.

Does any of you have any suggestion to make me have PDF print from IFS
without having to buy other software?

Thank you all for any ideas.

Have a great day
Lucia

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