Re: CPF6DF9 on printer exit program

from here:
Document Title:
Configuring a *LAN 3812 Device Description that Uses the LPR Print Driver (TSPLPRD) Exit Program

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/0/b3d7c3a57ab8e44c8625688d004f8309?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=4%2C8#_Section4

Transformed Data Buffer Size Limit of 2MB

There is a 2MB limit on the amount of transformed data that can be in a single buffer. A single spooled file record is usually 4096 or 512 bytes in size, but the transformed data can be much larger than that. It could potentially run into the 2MB limitation if you are including a number of page segments or something else that results in a large ratio of transformed data per spooled file data.

but here:
Document Title:
TSPRWPR Remote Writer Page Range Support Exit Program
Note: This document previously was entitled Page Range Support on Remote Output Queue (LPR).

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/584a2dee8678698386256624004b527e?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,CPF6DF9

Note: This document contains a new version of the TSPRWPR utility, dated 06/20/2002.
It corrects a problem where the writer will fail with message CPF6DF9 - Transformed data buffer too small, when printing a large spooled file containing image data and the Page range to print (PAGERANGE) parameter is set to "1 *END" (so the entire spooled file is to be printed). It is recommended that the TSPRWPR utility be restored from the attached save file using the instructions in the section entitled Getting the Remote Writer Page Range (TSPRWPR) Utility from the Attached Save File. However, the TSPRWPR source code can be edited and the TSPRWPR program recompiled using the instructions in the section entitled Getting the Remote Writer Page Range (TSPRWPR) Utility from the QUSRTOOL Library.


looks like you should use TSPRWPR utility.

Bryan


Harman, Roger said the following on 12/30/2011 10:06 AM:

Well, just after I commented on how wonderful the printer exit program has been, this started showing up.

CPF6DF9 Diagnostic 40 12/29/11 12:19:25.638288 TSPLPRD PRTDRVXT *STMT TSPLPRD P
From module . . . . . . . . : TSPLPRD
From procedure . . . . . . : Call_XFrmPgm
Statement . . . . . . . . . : 119
To module . . . . . . . . . : TSPLPRD
To procedure . . . . . . . : _C_pep
Statement . . . . . . . . . : *N
Message . . . . : Transformed data buffer too small.
Cause . . . . . : The transformed data buffer of 4194143 bytes is too small
to hold the 4393365 bytes of transformed data that is available.<more message>

Everything has been fine for months/years and the program was printing fine earlier in the morning. No changes whatsoever.
When it throws this error, the writer ends abnormally.

I've seen references to this error on the exit program when using page ranges but this is happening on this spool file all the time - 1 page or 20 pages or anything in between.

I've downloaded the latest version from IBM's site but that was last updated in 2002. I'm on V5R4.

Any thoughts???? Thanks.