Problems printing from the iSeries
This Search400.com member has questions concern ng printing from an iSeries 820 V5R2 to a network ASCII printer attached to a Windows print server. Printing expert Chip Milosch is on hand to help him out.
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First, we are trying to print a legal size document and the printer is not requesting legal size paper. If legal size paper is loaded, it still prints a letter size image only. Can this be done? If so what is the configuration needed? Secondly, is there any way to configure the printer so a print page range can be printed?
If printing to an ASCII printer, then you should use Host Print Transform (HPT). The best starting point for the configuration for your particular printer can be found here.
As far as printing to legal sized paper with a 'request' for the paper, that can get tricky with ASCII printers. You want to make sure that the device description accurately reflects the paper in each printer drawer. If the printer description thinks it only has letter sized paper, then you are likely to encounter problems. You will want to check your device description:
Word length . . . . . . . . . . 8 *SAME, *TYPE, 7, 8 Type of parity . . . . . . . . . *NONE *SAME, *TYPE, *EVEN, *ODD... Stop bits . . . . . . . . . . . 1 *SAME, *TYPE, 1, 2 Host print transform . . . . . . *YES *SAME, *NO, *YES Manufacturer type and model . . *HP5SI Paper source 1 . . . . . . . . . *LETTER *SAME, *MFRTYPMDL, *LETTER... Paper source 2 . . . . . . . . . *LETTER *SAME, *MFRTYPMDL, *LETTER... Envelope source . . . . . . . . *NUMBER10 *SAME, *MFRTYPMDL... ASCII code page 899 support . . *NO *SAME, *NO, *YES Image configuration . . . . . . *NONE *SAME, *NONE, *IMGA01... Character identifier:Regarding your second question, page range support should work fine with an ASCII printer, assuming that you get the above issues resolved first. The only caveat is that if you are using HPT with overlays and/or *FORMDF/*PAGDFN, then page ranges only work beginning from page 1. If you start printing after page 1, then any of your AFP functionality will be lost. This is because PSF/400 stores the AFP information in front of page 1.
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