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Since electronic form files are merged with spool file data and converted to ASCII, HP or compatible laser printers supporting PCL 6 (PCL 6c, PCL6 e) files can be utilized.
The PCL acronym stands for Printer Command Language. It is an intermediate language used to communicate between computers and certain printers. You can read the general overview of PCL in Wikipedia.
inFORM Decisions products work with PCL 5 (PCL 5e, PCL 5c) which is the language originally used by the Laserjet 4 printer and supported by HP Universal Print Driver(UPD).
Search of Hewlitt Packard's website for compatible HP printers:
https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c04324001
Note: HP Universal Print Driver 6.1.0 is the last release of HP UPD to include PCL5. HP provides best effort support for PCL5 in the HP UPD.
Here is the RTVCFGSRC for a 4050 that we have on our network. Since it is RTVCFGSRC, all parameters appear, even though most of them are the command defaults.
CRTDEVPRT
DEVD(NLDACCT) +
DEVCLS(*LAN) +
TYPE(3812) +
MODEL(1) +
LANATTACH(*IP) +
PORT(9100) +
ATTACH(*DIRECT) +
ONLINE(*YES) +
FONT(011 *NONE) +
FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) +
SEPDRAWER(*FILE) +
PRTERRMSG(*INQ) +
MSGQ(*CTLD) +
ACTTMR(600) +
INACTTMR(*SEC15) +
LINESPEED(19200) +
WORDLEN(8) +
PARITY(*NONE) +
STOPBITS(1) +
TRANSFORM(*YES) +
MFRTYPMDL(*HP4000) +
PPRSRC1(*LETTER) +
PPRSRC2(*LETTER) +
ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10) +
ASCII899(*YES) +
IMGCFG(*NONE) +
CHRID(*SYSVAL) +
RMTLOCNAME('192.168.45.44') +
SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) +
TEXT('Las Vegas - Downstairs - Accounting')
With the IP address in the RMTLOCNAME, as I have it above, you don't need DNS. You also could put the printer names and IP addresses in the AS/400s TCP/IP host table, then use the printer names in the device description (which I am going to do for ours when I get a round tuit).
This printer handles both PC output and AS/400 output.
Originally posted to MIDRANGE-L by Ken of Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc
How can I get a count of the objects on my system? You may wish to use IBM's commands RTVDSKINF/PRTDSKINF. It'll create about the same file as DSPOBJD will, and you'll get more information out of it. The file is called QUSRSYS/QAEZDISK. By the way, RTVDSKINF traverses the IFS and QDOC as well as the QSYS file system.
Copy the FlashMail library to iMailx. Add library iMail to top of library list. Run program efr6000 and verify settings. Run the command RSTEMCFG to copy the FlashMail user data to iMail. Delete the library iMailx.
First you need to grant authority of the user profile KFFAX to QPGMR. This can be done with WRKOBJ and using option 2 to edit the authority.
Next, edit your QSTRUPPGM with the following source code lines near the end of the prorgram:
To find out LPAR on your system: DSPSRVAGT TYPE(*SRVREGINF)
Start by going to change the data area, on a command line type: CHGDTAARA
Then type this in for the ‘Data area’: DSOUTQ
And for the ‘New Value’ type in outq you want to use
iDocs outputs pcl spool files, which have the type of *USERASCII. This is different from regular text spool files such as joblogs, which are of type *SCS.
To retrieve a *USERASCII spool file and send it to us please use the following procedure:
1. Add the iDocs library to the top of the library list. ADDLIBLE FMG *FIRST
2. Use the command GETASCSPLF ( Get Ascii Spool File ) to copy the *USERASCII spool file to an IFS directory.
GETASCSPLF <F4>
Get *USERASCII Spool File (GETASCSPLF)
Type choices, press Enter.
Spooled File Name . . . . . . . fmglaser Name
Job Name . . . . . . . . . . . . qpadev0001 Name, *
User Name . . . . . . . . . . dyokana Name
Job Number . . . . . . . . . . 123456 000000-999999
Spooled File Number . . . . . . 000001 -1-999999, *ONLY, *LAST
IFS output file name . . . . . . /home/dyokana/fmgLaser.pcl
Complete the command prompt with the spool file parameters correct for your spool file and a target IFS path that exists on your system and press <enter>.
3. Then, use binary FTP to retrieve the stream file from the IFS to the PC. There are many FTP clients available including the DOS command line, but we recommend FileZilla FTP client as an easy to use client that works well with the IBM i server.
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