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Printing-Imaging Tools

• Solve printing problems when using Personal Communications 5.7

  When encountering difficulties printing using Personal Communications 5.7, analyze the printer setup process to fix any problems.  Continue Reading

• Determine printing options available for preprinted medical forms

  Use forms design and data mapping tools to create soft forms that the print data can be dragged and dropped onto rather than using preprinted medical forms.  Continue Reading

• Acknowledging control characters in a print file on IBM i without writing a program

  Issue an override print file command before copying a file to QSYSPRT in order to acknowledge control characters without writing a program on the AS/400.  Continue Reading

• Direct default print job to tray 2 from IBM i

  Set tray 2 as the ASCII printer's default by changing the drawer attribute of the spooled files to 2 or by creating a customized work station (WCSCT) object to send requests for tray 1 to tray 2.  Continue Reading

• Printing IPDS with overlays to Xerox MFU printers

  Using an AS400 to print IPDS with overlays to Xerox MFU printers can be made easier if you use Host Print Transform.  Continue Reading

• How to combine multiple spooled files into a PDF

  Chip Milosch responds to a reader question about combining multiple spool files into a single bookmarked PDF using SpoolFlex.  Continue Reading