RE: Printer problems with overlays - resolved

[Nick_Radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi,

First of all, THANX to everyone who responded.  There were some great 
suggestions, of which I saved all of them for future use.  I hate 
printers.

What I am going to do is change the printer description to *IPDS and 
change my overlay to work on that.  I have no problems when the printer is 
*IPDS, except the overlay is not lined up correctly, which can be fixed.

Thanx again for all of your help.



Thanx,

Nick



Nick Radich
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
EPC Molding, Inc.
Direct  (320) 679-6683
Toll free  (800) 388-2155  ext. 6683
Fax  (320) 679-4516
nick_radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx




-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Nick_Radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:12 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Printer problems with overlays

Hi Everyone,

I have just recently replaced an HP LaserJet 2100TN with an IBM
InfoPrint
21 printer in our Shipping Dept.  One of the main things printed on this
printer is the Bill Of Lading.  This is a PRTF with an overlay in it.

It worked fine in the past with the HP printer, but now with the
InfoPrint
21 it will "sometimes (5%)" print, and other times, "most of the
time(95%)",  the Printer will go to status "END".  I have to stop/start
the Print Writer a few times to get it to work again.

I also have Sharp ARM 350 Copier/Printer set up there with the same
exact config, and it prints with no problems.  That is where I am
printing the BOLs now.

Normal PRTFs print OK.

I have it configured as:

DEVD        MORSHPLAS1 
OPTION      *BASIC 
            *PRT 
 
DEVCLS      *LAN 
TYPE        3812 
MODEL       1 
LANATTACH   *IP 
PORT        9100 
ATTACH      *DIRECT 
ONLINE      *YES 
FONT 
            011 
            *NONE 
FORMFEED    *AUTOCUT 
SEPDRAWER   *FILE 
SEPPGM      *NONE 
PRTERRMSG   *INFO 
MSGQ        *CTLD 
            QSYSOPR 
              QSYS 
ACTTMR      170 
INACTTMR    *SEC15 
LINESPEED   19200 
WORDLEN     8 
PARITY      *NONE 
STOPBITS    1 
TRANSFORM   *YES 
MFRTYPMDL   *HP5 
PPRSRC1     *LETTER 
PPRSRC2     *LETTER 
ENVELOPE    *NUMBER10 
ASCII899    *NO 
IMGCFG      *NONE 
CHRID       *SYSVAL 
RMTLOCNAME 
            192.168.10.17 
WSCST       *NONE 
USRDFNOBJ   *NONE 
              *NONE 
USRDTATFM   *NONE 
SYSDRVPGM   *HPPJLDRV 
 
            MORSHPLAS1 
              QSPLJOB 
              733007 
TEXT        Shipping Laser - IBM InfoPrint



This is the same config as I had for the HP.

Also, I tried setting it up as an *IPDS printer instead of a 3812.  The
printer never "ended", but the overlay moved up about 3 lines, so I
could not go that route.

We are at V4R5. :-(

Any help would be greatly appreciatted.



Thanx,

Nick



Nick Radich
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
EPC Molding, Inc.
Direct  (320) 679-6683
Toll free  (800) 388-2155  ext. 6683
Fax  (320) 679-4516
nick_radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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