Re: PDF to *USERASCII

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott once publish as some example code a utility called PRTSTMF...

However, it simply dumps an IFS file into a *USERASCII spool file.

That's all the QSH tips do too.

Which means that the printer _HAS_ to support direct printing of PDF files.

Many modern printers do.  Though there was a post a few weeks ago from
somebody who mentioned that their new HP printer supported PDF direct
printing only if it had 128MB of RAM installed.

Are you positive that the printer you're trying to print to supports direct
printing of PDF files?

Charles




On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I need to convert PDF files into *USERASCII spooled files for printing.
> It works fine via FTP (
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1011519), but I don't
> run FTP on my production system, so that's not a practical solution.
> Google gave a number of links about using QSH (including
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_i5_54/rzahz/rfile.htm),
> but all of those either give me an empty spooled file, or the printer
> prints a stack of pages with one row of special characters across the top
> of each page.
>
> Any help/suggestions on how to load a *USERASCII spooled file?
>
> Thanks
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