Re: Any example available to print a PDF stored in database

Thanks for sharing Eddie, saving this for when I need it!

John

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We store our .PDF files on the IFS. We print our .PDF’s directly from our
AS400 with no problem. Like anything IBM, there is a trick.

I print .PDF’s from the IFS using the PRTSTMF developed by Scott Klement.

The “trick” is that in order to print it to a printer, the printer must
natively support PDF-Direct. We discovered that most CURRENT off-the-shelf
HP printers support PDF-Direct. So once we configured our new $120 HP
laser jet printer as a standard 3812 printer, PRTSTMF to that printer
output queue works like a charm.

We use this method countless times per day, not just for 8.5x11” paper
stock, but also to generate PDF 4x6 shipping labels and print to a Zebra
printer which also supports PDF-direct. Works great. It worked so well, we
are removing our old HP laser printers that are 10+ years old, and
replacing them with new, cheap HP printers right from BestBuy that support
PDF-Direct. Our users have been in ecstatic since then.

Hope this helps.

Eddie
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