Re: Printing images from the /400

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you will end up with a "kludge" by not
using IPDS printers. IPDS is a hardware function
supported by the AFP print stream. The cheaper
printers will be a real struggle to make work and
I really doubt that you can make it work except in
a very limited fashion.

A production printing job to a cheap networked
printer is going to be very limited in function
and very slow.

HPT was "never" designed to do the more advanced
functions, only provide decent *SCS printing to
the cheaper printers that are widely installed.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1703a416b5654a5988625695700569cc7&rs=110

http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/ipserverhome_i_ww

You will almost certainly have to buy a product to do this
project.(cheap or not)

Web-based images made iSeries-compatible
Web and client applications typically use GIF, TIFF and JPEG image file 
formats where the iSeries uses AFP image file format. In many 
applications, there is a need to bridge these format differences and 
enable use of Web and client image in iSeries output applications. 
Infoprint Server addresses this need in two ways: it supports the new 
iSeries capability of embedding Web image formats directly into iSeries 
documents, and it provides batch transforms to convert GIF, TIFF and 
JPEG to iSeries format.



mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Pat,
>
>  There are some good references in there.  
>
>  Realistically, going with *IPDS printers is not an option.  It needs to
> work on the (much) cheaper HP type printers, so that remote offices can
> print their own
>
>  Can this be done with just PSF/400 and not InfoPrint Server?  Or is IPS
> part of PSF?  Do you know approximately how much PSF/400 costs for a
> 570-7489?
>
>  Even with PSF/400, what would the process be to output EBCDIC text, output
> TIFF image, output more text, etc?  Is there an API that would be called to
> import and then output the image?
>
>  -mark
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Pat Barber mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:36:42 -0400
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Printing images from the /400
>
>
> You will need to do a bit of reading on AFP to make this
> work. Start looking at Printing VI and look at the chapter
> 6 on converting images to be used in AFP.(TIFF,JPEGS,etc)
>
>
> You "might" fool around with various methods and get those
> pictures to print, but AFP would make it a good bit more
> easier to deal with.
>
> http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/afpoverview_
> ww
>
> When you want to deal "other" things outside of the normal data
> stream, AFP is the answer in my opinion.
>
> http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/comnelit.nsf/vwfilebyindexname/rhhxplor
> 2002?OpenDocument&site=ww&
> http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/iseriessoftw
> are_ww
>
> I would also recommend a fully supported IPDS printer. I would not
> attempt to do this with a networked ascii printer(HP,Lexmark,etc).
>
> In your case, more of everything is better.
>
> PSF/400 is required for almost all networked printers and
> is required to make the AFP magic work.
>
> http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/psfhome_i_ww
> http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/psfdata_i_ww
>
> Note the document with "pictures" in the examples...
>
> mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Doug,
> >
> > Would it matter whether this is going to an *IPDS or *ASCII type
>
> printer? 
>
> > The target printers speak PCL5/6.
> >
> > Is PSF/400 required for this to work?
>
>
>
>
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