Printing via IP loses fonts

[Dwayne Lindner <Dwayne.Lindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all!

I'm after a bit of assistance in a situation that has developed at my
workplace.  We are replacing two aging HP Laserjet 4si's with Lexmark Optra
W810's.  There's two problems, the first is I'm having trouble sending just
raw text to an AXIS box on the 810 from the AS/400.  With the AXIS box
configured as either a 4214 or a 3812(5219) the AS/400 insists on applying
formatting to any text sent to it (via printscreens or just members from a
text file printed to it), and as a result the specific commands for the AXIS
box are ignored and printed out instead of being applied to the AXIS box
settings.

The other problem is, I'd like to eventually do away with the AXIS boxes
altogether and just print IP to these printers.  The problem is, the printer
just prints in it's standard font, I'm using a WSCST object that I've been
supplied with, but am confused as to how to configure it to print the fonts
I'm after.  The font ID used in the spool file is 87, which is Letter Gothic
I believe.  On the 4si we're replacing, it's font ID is 042, and on the W810
it is R42.  How does the AS/400 translate it from 87 to 042 for the HP, and
how can I send the font ID via IP ??

I can supply the WSCST source if anyone needs to see it.

Many thanks in advance.



Dwayne Lindner
Senior Analyst - Data Centre
Wesfarmers Rural Division
184 Railway Parade, Bassendean WA 6054

Email: dwayne.lindner@writ.wesfarmers.com.au

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