Re: 2 printer problems

["Paul Tykodi" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Mark,

"Windows only printers" typically understand a unique printer data stream
created by a particular Windows operating system environment printer driver.
This means that you cannot use the OS/400 feature Host Print Transform or
the Client Access PDT feature to format your OS/400 spool files for printing
on this type of printer.

If you were to configure a Client Access PC5250 print session that was not
using Host Print Transform (uncheck the box Transform Print Data to ASCII on
AS/400), the OS/400 EBCDIC data would be transferred natively from the
AS/400 to the PC running Client Access. If you also make sure that you do
not select the Use PDT checkbox, Client Access will convert your EBCDIC data
into a Windows format known as GDI on the PC running Client Access. The GDI
format is the generic input format required by Windows print drivers. You
will be able to use the Epson Stylus Color 777 Windows print driver to
format the AS/400 data correctly for printing on the Epson printer.

The only problem I have seen with this suggestion in the past is that the
"Windows only" printers sometimes will refuse to print AS/400 generated
spool files that are formatted to use full page coverage (ie no unprintable
borders).

HTH

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
Director, Printer Connectivity Product Management
LCI-Intermate US, Inc.

p: 603.431.0606 x115
f: 603.436.6432
paul@intermate-us.com
www.intermate.com

>From: "Jim Franz" <franz400@triad.rr.com>
>To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>Subject: Re: 2 printer problems
>Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:48:13 -0500
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>
>Epson 777 - in the Ibm Support Web pages, Knowledge Base, the document
>"Support for ASCII Printers from Epson" lists the 777 as a "windows only"
>printer. Not all the Stylus printers were windows only.
>
<snip>
>hth
>jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Beck" <fybook@uaf.edu>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>; "MBS-Users Listserve"
<MBSSYSTEMS@LISTPROC.MBSBOOKS.COM>; <hw@mbsbooks.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:00 PM
Subject: 2 printer problems

> Hi,
>
> We have two separate printer problems that we'd appreciate any feedback
> at all on!
>
> 1.  We are trying to set up an Epson Stylus Color 777 as an AS/400
> emulated printer.  It's directly connected to a networked PC (using
> Windows NT 4.0), and we are using Client Access Express V4R5M0 with
> OS/400 V4R5.  We've tried all the Epson models available on the drop
> down selection, and we tried "other", but still can't get the printer to
> be read by the 400.  The print jobs sent to it just disappear into the
> ether.  Any ideas?

<snip>
>
> Thank you very much for any feedback on these two matters.
>
> Mark
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