Ability to print to PC printer using AFP overlay via client access emulated printer

[me]

Hello,

We have been utilizing overlays ( created using the IBM afp printer
drivers ). I have tried to print to a PC printer emulated through client
access. I have created a printer emulation session pointing to a print
device on the AS/400, I have started a writer on the AS/400 and can print
fine, but it ignores the overlay. I have tried a variety of printer types in
the client access config for the printer emulation setup.

Has anyone does this successfully? And if so, do you have any pointers?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks

Ralph

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[Martin Brieger]

Well,

have you checked the configuration on the /400?
I have never done that via CA, but via direct TCP/IP or via an NT Server w/o
any problems.

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[Pradip Shah]

Ralph,

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Give it a try.

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www.B2BeDocuments.com
215-542-8383

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[Kevin Vette]

Have you set the device type on your printer files to *AFPDS? Host
Print transform doesn't support overlays with *SCS spooled files to an
ASCII type device.

Kevin

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[Rodney Johnson]

What is the device type of the spooled files you are attempting to print? If
it is SCS, then the overlay attribute will not be honored. This is because
printer configurations for printers attached via client access use Host Print
Transform. If you switch you device type of your spooled files to AFPDS, then
you should get the desired results.

Only PSF/400 configured printers honor the overlay attributes for SCS spooled
files.

me wrote:

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[Brad Rosman]

Both Kevin and Rodney are correct. Your printer file needs to be defined as
AFPDS. You also need to bring your overlay onto the iSeries & create an
overlay object. When creating the printer file, be sure to both specify
AFPDS & the overlay to use on that print file. I am doing exactly what you
have been trying to do (on an HP Laserjet 5L among others) and it works
great.

Brad

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[me]

Thanks for the suggestions from everybody, I did create the overlay on the
AS/400 and did specify AFPDS, I will try it again. Once question tho, does
the device I attach to using client access have to have AFPDS specified in
the device description? I tried to to this, but it will not let me for
virtual devices (which are used for client access connections).

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[Rodney Johnson]

You need to make sure the device is configured to use Host Print
Transform...TRANSFORM(*YES). You also need to make sure the printer attached
to your PC is capable of receiving the PCL data stream if I recall correctly
(don't believe HPT supports transformation of AFPDS spooled files to PPDS or
EscP...but don't know for sure).

[George Applegate]

Rodney Johnson <rjoh...@rchland.ibm.com> wrote:

>You need to make sure the device is configured to use Host Print
>Transform...TRANSFORM(*YES). You also need to make sure the printer attached
>to your PC is capable of receiving the PCL data stream if I recall correctly
>(don't believe HPT supports transformation of AFPDS spooled files to PPDS or
>EscP...but don't know for sure).

I'm sort of late into the discussion here, so maybe this isn't
relevant. Create your overlay on a PC by using an AFP print file
drivers provided under client access. Make sure you create an
overlay and then print it to a file.

Once you have an overlay print file created, upload to the /400. I
usually print my overlay, when I'm creating it, to an AS/400 folder I
created on the AS/400, called "AFPFORMS".

To create the overlay:

Crtpf file(qtemp/formfile) rcdlen(2019) lvlchk(*no)

cpyfrmpcd fromflr(forms) tofile(qtemp/formfile) fromdoc('overlay.prn')
trntbl(*none) trnfmt(*notext)

crtovl ovl(qgpl/ovlname) file(qtemp/formfile) mbr(formfile)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now, you can use your HP printer file to attach the overlay to, by
simply doing an ovrprtf:

ovrprtf file(prtfilnam) dev(devnam) devtype(*afpds)
frontovl(qgpl/ovlname 0.00 0.00)

(the 0.00 is how far to move the overlay to the right and the second
0.00 is how farm to move the overlay down to print on the paper)

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for...but hope it helps
some...

ga

George Applegate
gapp...@fscoop.com

[ASIER LOPEZ DE AGUILETA]

Is this applicable with any printer driver installed on the PC/print server?
Because I¨m trying to do same with an epson compatible driver for a zetafax
NT software through CA to send company headline from OS/400, and overlay is
not printed, when actually same configuration works with a Lexmark optra.

Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.

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[Rodney Johnson]

If the overlay contains image data, then the destination printer needs to
handle PCL and the MFRTYPMDL on the printer device description must have a PCL
printer specified. HPT cannot transform images (or barcodes) to EscP or PPDS
if I recall correctly...just text.