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Re: print stream file to zebra.

Griz,

A code page is a simple table of values (for example, from 0-255, or x'00' to x'FF') and the text character they correspond to.

A CCSID contains information about how text is encoded, which includes potentially a list of code pages (in more complex environments, such as Unicode or Asian languages there can be multiple code pages in a single character encoding) as well as how the characters are encoded (EBCDIC? ASCII? Single byte? Double byte? Mixed? Unicode?), and much more information.

In V4R5 and earlier, the IFS only supported code pages.

Starting with V5R1, the IFS supports full CCSIDs. This works much better, and unless you still need to support V3 or V4 (I hope not!!) you should not use code pages today!

For most western environments (USA, Canada, UK, France, Spain, etc, etc) the code page and CCSID numbers are the same. For example, if you're used to using code page 37, then you can simply use CCSID 37 -- change O_CODEPAGE to O_CCSID, and that's it.

But, with CCSIDs, you can use more sophisticated character sets, such as UTF-8. (Really, we _need_ to get in the habit of using Unicode!!) or you can mixed encodings of Asian languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.

Nobody should still be using O_CODEPAGE today. It provides no value over O_CCSID.


On 10/2/2013 11:24 AM, Grizzly Malchow wrote:
I don't really know what the differences between O_CCSID and O_CODEPAGE are, but when I use O_CODEPAGE and specify 819 as the conversion ID, I get readable ascii data in the file that is created. I think O_CODEPAGE says that the data in the file is going to be in the code page I specify, which is 819.

Also, if you are using O_TEXT_CREAT with O_CCSID and O_TEXTDATA, don't you need to specify a value other than zero for the last parameter? Doesn't leaving that value as zero then default the CCSID to the CCSID of the job, which is most likely *EBCDIC?


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn McManus
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:43 AM
To: 'Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

open( %trimr(outputfile)
: O_WRONLY + O_CREAT + O_TRUNC
+ O_CCSID + O_TEXTDATA +
O_TEXT_CREAT
: M_RDWR
: 819
: 0 );

Lynn McManus


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grizzly Malchow
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:37 AM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

Are you specifying O_CODEPAGE when you open the text file that ultimately holds the label data?

For example:
fd2 = open( 'shipping_label.txt'
: O_WRONLY + O_CREAT + O_EXCL + O_CODEPAGE
: S_IRUSR + S_IWUSR + S_IRGRP + S_IROTH
:819);

I failed to mention that we do that as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn McManus
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 9:57 AM
To: 'Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

My text file on the ifs has a CCSID of 819. I removed all my translation code and took my decoded base64 and dumped to ifs text file created with 819 CCSID. Now when viewing this file it is unrecognizable code. Removed the line feed check and just dumped back into qsysprt *userascii and still nothing prints.

I know I have all the right components to make this work, I just cannot figure out which sequence of events is the right combination.


Lynn McManus



-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grizzly Malchow
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 9:42 AM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

Lynn,
What is the CCSID of the IFS files you are trying to print? I use 819 and that works for me. I don't bother with *EBCDIC to *ASCII translation, nor do I bother with line feeds. If you write the base64 decoded data to a file that is created with an ASCII CCSID you shouldn't have to do any translation when it is sent to a *USERASCII spoolfile.


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn McManus
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:53 AM
To: 'Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

This is the file created on the IFS after decoding and translating. We are storing the labels on the IFS so a reprint would be possible. When I call the program to print the label, it retrieves the file, overrides to *userascii and checks for line feed characters.

But nothing comes out of the printer.

Lynn

Lynn McManus



-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:40 AM
To: 'Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

Lynn,

Is that is ascii or ebcdic?
It must be in ebcdic if you are using an outq.
If you send it directly to the 105SL using a socket, it must be ascii.
I do this all the time to 105SLs.

HTH,

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn McManus
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 9:25 AM
To: 'Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

This is the contents of my text file. It is a UPS label string generated by UPS. I am printing to a Zebra 105SL.

¬XA¬LRN¬MNY¬MFN,N¬LH10,12¬MCY¬POI¬PW812¬CI27

¬FO620,1140
¬GFA,00969,00969,019,FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
F0000000000001F8000000000000F000000000
F0000000000001F8000000000000F000000000
F0000000003F81F83FC000000000F000000000
F0000000003F81F83FC000000000F000000000
F000000000FFF9F9FFF000000000F000000000
F000000000FFF9F9FFF000000000F000000000
F000000000FFFFFFFFFC00000000F000000000
F000000000FFFFFFFFFC00000000F000000000
F000000000F07FFFF0FC00000000F000000000
F000000000F07FFFF0FC00000000F000000000
F000000000FC1FFFC3F000000000F000000000
F000000000FC1FFFC3F000000000F000000000
F000000000FFFFFFFFF000000000F000000000
F000000000FFFFFFFFF000000000F000000000
F0000000003FFFFFFFC000000000F000000000
F0000000003FFFFFFFC000000000F000000000
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000
F00000000001FFFFF00000000000F000000000
F00000000001FFFFF00000000000F000000000
F00000000003FFF9FC0000000000F000000000
F00000000003FFF9FC0000000000F000000000
F0000000003FE1F87FC000000000F000000000
F0000000003FE1F87FC000000000F000000000
F000000000FF81F83FF000000000F000000000
F000000000FF81F83FF000000000F000000000
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F0000000000001F8000000000000F000000000
F0000000000001F8000000000000F0FFDC1C00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0FFDC1C00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00C1E3C00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00C1E3C00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00C1A2C00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00C1B6C00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00C1B6C00
0000000000000000000000000000000C1B6C00
0000000000000000000000000000000C19CC00
0000000000000000000000000000000C19CC00
0000000000000000000000000000000C19CC00
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¬FT15,23¬A0N,20,24¬FVQUEST¬FS
¬FT15,42¬A0N,20,24¬FV2707591248¬FS
¬FT15,61¬A0N,20,24¬FV300 EAST CHESTNUT STREET¬FS ¬FT15,81¬A0N,20,24¬FVMURRAY KY 42071¬FS ¬FT60,183¬A0N,28,32¬FVPROPST DISCOUNT DRUGS, INC.¬FS ¬FT60,213¬A0N,28,32¬FV2565397443¬FS
¬FT60,244¬A0N,28,32¬FV717 PRATT AVENUE NE¬FS ¬FT60,288¬A0N,45,44¬FVHUNTSVILLE AL 35801¬FS
¬FT380,30¬A0N,30,34¬FV3 LBS ¬FS
¬FT673,34¬A0N,28,32¬FV 1 OF 1¬FS
¬FT620,736¬A0N,100,76¬FV ¬FS
¬FO677,640¬GB123,123,122¬FS

¬FT300,618¬BY3¬BCN,103,N,N,,A¬FV42035801¬FS

¬FT290,493¬A0N,80,70¬FVAL 357 0-01¬FS
¬FT10,704¬A0N,56,58¬FVUPS GROUND¬FS
¬FT10,737¬A0N,26,30¬FVTRACKING #: 1Z 4E6 310 03 9975 4258¬FS ¬FO0,762¬GB800,4,4¬FS

¬FT790,1039¬A0N,22,26¬FV ¬FS
¬FT10,1035¬A0N,22,26¬FVBILLING: ¬FS
¬FT126,1035¬A0N,22,26¬FVP/P ¬FS
¬FT10,1151¬A0N,22,26¬FVDealer No.: 2817¬FS ¬FT15,153¬A0N,28,32¬FVSHIP TO:
¬FS ¬FO0,637¬GB798,14,14¬FS

¬FO0,997¬GB800,14,14¬FS

¬FO0,416¬GB800,4,4¬FS

¬FO240,416¬GB3,221,3¬FS

¬FT190,1188¬A0N,14,20¬FVXOL 13.09.14 NV45 42.0A 07/2013¬FS
¬FT105,982¬BY3¬BCN,202,N,N,,A¬FV1Z4E63100399754258¬FS

¬FT273,896¬A0N,95,74¬FVSAMPLE¬FS
¬XZ¬XZ

Lynn McManus

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Grove Vejlstrup
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 1:11 AM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WEB400] print stream file to zebra.

Hello Lynn

What is the content of the file, you send to the zebra-printer? What is the model of the zebra-printer?

Best regards

Jan

Am 02.10.2013 00:28, schrieb Lynn McManus:
Hello all again,



I am having an issue with a printer file I create as *userascii goes
to the printer and disappears. I am reading a text file from the
IFS,(I can open the file and see my ZPL font), I read the stream file,
parse out the line feeds, write to qsysprt.

Printer file gets created, cannot open as it is *userascii. When
released it simply disappears and nothing prints.



Any ideas?



Thanks in advance!



Lynn



Lynn McManus




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