Re: How to print a logo in a Spool file

["Gary Kuznitz " <docfxit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brad,

Yes, I could export the data and do a mail merge on a 
PC.  Why would I involve a PC that is not always reliable 
when I have a perfectly good very reliable Power 9 that 
has the capability to accomplish the same thing.  I don't 
see any pluses and I do see some negative things in 
involving a PC.

Gary Kuznitz

On 19 Nov 2021 at 12:22, Brad (Brad Stone 
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) commented about 
Re: How to print a logo in a Spool file:

> Could you export the data and do a mail merge into Word or something like
> that?
>
> Just throwing out ideas.  :)
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 12:17 PM Gary Kuznitz <docfxit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Brad,
> >
> > I need this to print a return address on an envelope.  We
> > just printed 10,000 envelopes that need the logo. The
> > same envelopes need a bar code that is used for an
> > election and a Intelligent Mail Code that I'm looking to
> > see if anyone has the RPG code to create.
> >
> > I'm also looking for a faster printer.  The envelope
> > printers I have tested with conveyer belts say they print
> > at 600dpi but the bar code prints fuzzy.  I am currently
> > using three HPM603n printers with envelope feeders.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary Kuzntiz
> >
> > On 19 Nov 2021 at 11:47, Brad (Brad Stone
> > <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) commented about
> > Re: How to print a logo in a Spool file:
> >
> > > What is the desired end result?  A printed spooled file or a PDF or
> > > something else?
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Greg
> > > >
> > > > Have you looked at the AFPRSC PRTF keyword? It effectively replaces
> > > > PAGSEG, so you don't need anything off the system. You point it at an
> > > > IFS image file and even PDF - ba-da-boom. I don't know if it supports
> > > > PNGs yet - at least with Host Print Transform. It does work with TIFFs
> > > > and GIFs, so that is good enough for us.
> > > >
> > > > It's been around since v54r, and is supported in Host Print Transform
> > > > since I don't remember when.
> > > >
> > > > You might use FTP to upload the image file.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Vern
> > > >
> > > > On 11/19/2021 10:10 AM, Greg Wilburn wrote:
> > > > > Create a PF on the IBM i - we call ours PAGESEG
> > > > > Field      Type       Length  Length  Position        Usage
> > Heading
> > > > >   PAGESEG    CHAR         8201    8201         1        Both
> > > > >     Coded Character Set Identifier  . . . . . :  65535
> > > > > (no idea why I made it that length)
> > > > >
> > > > > Install the IBM AFP Print Driver on your PC
> > > > > Load the logo/image into a Word document (or similar)
> > > > > - we usually remove the margins
> > > > > - size it as you would like to see it on the page
> > > > >
> > > > > Print to file using the IBM AFP Driver with output type = Page
> > Segment
> > > > > File example:  MyLogo.mbr
> > > > >
> > > > > Then use FTP to upload it to the PAGESEG file
> > > > > Binary mode
> > > > > quote site namefmt 0
> > > > > put c:\logos\Mylogo.mbr
> > /qsys.lib/asthhobj.lib/pageseg.file/mylogo.mbr
> > > > > On the IBM command line:
> > > > > CRTPAGSEG PAGSEG(yourlib/mylogo) FILE(ASTHHOBJ/PAGESEG) MBR(*PAGSEG)
> > > > TEXT('My New Logo')
> > > > > Now the image is on the system.
> > > > >
> > > > > In the DDS (which has to be *AFPDS) - add logo below last record
> > format
> > > > > A*    COMPANY LOGOS (IN THE FORM OF LOGOCOM#)
> > > > > A                                      PAGSEG(&WRLOGO 0.25 0.25)
> > > > >
> > > > > In the above example, the logo name (page segment name) is a
> variable
> > > > called WRLOGO.  You could easily just do:
> > > > > A                                      PAGSEG(MYLOGO 0.25 0.25)
> > > > >
> > > > > The numbers after represent the "offset" over and down - the
> > > > non-printable area of a laserjet printer.
> > > > > BTW - this works with any image - even one that is the entire page.
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH
> > > > > Greg
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > Gary Kuznitz
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 4:42 PM
> > > > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <
> > midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: How to print a logo in a Spool file
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a logo on a PC.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone walk me through the steps required to use
> > > > > that logo in a .PRTF file with DDS?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm running v7r4 trying to print to an HP printer with HPT
> > > > > configured.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you,
> > > > >
> > > > > Gary Kuznitz
> > > >
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