Re: Message CPF420E when printing raw PCL in *USERASCII to IPDS printer

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Understood - and we do that to the print devices that are set up that 
way - we also have several IPDS printers, and I'm not ready to change 
them to something that uses Host Print Transform.

I am in a bind - we are at 7.1, we are trying to print signatures that 
are in PNG file using the AFPRSC keyword instead of the PAGSEG keyword, 
because we no longer will use a remote Windows box to convert graphics 
to PAGSEGs, and HPT does not understand the AFPRSC keyword at 7.1 - and 
an update is not happening until sometime next year.

So I'm doing a tap dance with 2 left feet and both tied together!

Vern

On 9/28/2016 4:07 AM, Paul Roy wrote:
> Hello
>
> If the spooled file contains PCL code , I would try to send it directly to
> a PCL printer... not an IPDS.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
> From:   Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   27/09/2016 22:14
> Subject:        Message CPF420E when printing raw PCL in *USERASCII to
> IPDS printer
> Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> Yall
>
> Trying to print *USERASCII to and IPDS printer - getting the following:
>
> Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF420E       Severity . . . . . . . : 40
> Message type . . . . . : Escape
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   09/27/16      Time sent  . . . . . . : 15:04:30
>
> Message . . . . :   Page definition and form definition required for file
> IN7862783.
> Cause . . . . . :   When printing XML data (DEVTYPE(*USERASCII)) to an
> IPDS
>     printer configured with AFP(*YES), a page definition (PAGDFN
> parameter) and
>     form definition (FORMDF parameter) must be specified on the printer
> file. A
>     page definition and form definition is required to convert the XML
> data to
>     IPDS. If a page definition and form definition were specified on the
> printer
>     file, the page definition or form definition may not have been found
> in the
>     library specified or in the job's library list or you may not be
> authorized
>     to use the page definition or form definition. See previous messages
> for
>     more information.
> Recovery  . . . :   If a page definition and form definition was not
>     specified, change the printer file IN7862783 to specify a page
> definition
>     and form definition using the Create Printer File (CRTPRTF), the Change
>     Printer File (CHGPRTF), or the Override Printer File (OVRPRTF) command.
>
>
> The content of the *USERASCII spooled file is PCL, not XML. So I don't
> know if there's a solution.
>
> I am not sure which PAGDFN and FORMDF to specify. I any!
>
> I've previously gone through some of the convert image API stuff, right
> now I need something fairly quickly, if you please!
>
> Vern