Re: WSCST Help Needed -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Kirk,

My suggestions if I was facing this challenge:

1. Since the customer already owns iSeries Access, I
would suggest creating PC5250 printer sessions that
converted the data from EBCDIC to ASCII at the PC
without using Host Print Transform. This idea only
works when all spool files to be printed are *SCS
format though. Under this scenario, the conversion
uses the Windows print driver for the target printer,
which usually results in better margin control.

2. If there was a need for both AFP & SCS spool file
conversion, then you must use host print transform.
You don't want the no print border to be larger so you
should consult document #86256C2007D0DCE for
assistance. As you mention, it is unclear whether a
PCL 3 based DeskJet will honor the command to offset
the page registration upwards or not (most likely you
will need to perform a test to find out).

3. If point #2 doesn't work, try inserting the PCL
sequence to start printing at row zero into the WSCST
Initialize Printer Sequence instead.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
Principal Consultant
TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx

>date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 22:00:13 -0700
>from: kirkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>subject: WSCST Help Needed
>
>OK, I've done basic stuff for printers with WSCST
>objs. I understand the concepts and how to modify,
>compile and use a WSCST obj.  What I have is a client
>that I don't have remote access too and is in GA
while >I'm in OR, so I can't just hop into the car and
go on >site.
>
>They have purchased a number of HP 6122C Deskjet
>printers already and now want to use them via Client
>Access. IBM's "Support for ASCII Printers from HP"
>says to use *HP520 and that the printer uses PCL3. So
>far so good. 
>
>We can print but the Top Margin is .5 inches and it
>needs to be .25 inches. The previous printers ( I
>think Epsons ) worked fine. I used the RTVWSCST with
>*TRANSFORM and *HP520. Now here's where I'm a little
>confused... 
>
>The PRTDTASTRM says HPPCL4 not HPPCL3 ( or what ever
) >like I would have thought.
>
>I have 2 docs "Changing the NOPRTBDR ( No Print
Border >) Tags to Increase the No Print Border"
>#86256C2007D0E74 and "Changing the INITPRT ( 
>Initialize Printer ) Tag to Move Text Toward the Top
>of the Page" #86256C2007D0DCE which is referred to by
>the first doc. 
>
>Long story short It looks like there might be several
>ways to do this in these docs, Anyone done already
bad >have simpler or already made WSCST to do this?
I'd >like to get this done with one 1 or 2 trys.
>
>Thanks
>_____________________
>Kirk Goins CCNA
>Systems Engineer, Manage Inc.
>IBM Certified i5 Solution Sales
>IBM Certified iSeries Solutions Expert
>IBM Certified Designing IBM e-business Solutions 
>Office 503-353-1721 x106 Cell 503-577-9519
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