Re: WSCST(*PDF) and BACKOVL

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to frame my response and hope I'm close to sensible. 
USERASCII is the "raw" data stream for a certain printer. Let's say we 
are talking PCL. In order to print duplex, then, somehow, the PCL 
command string for duplex printing would have to have been inserted into 
that "raw" data. I'm using ghostscript to generate PCL and suspect that 
there is an option I can use to get duplex to work. I am not sure, but 
maybe.

Now Host Print Transform, for one, generates that PCL (or other) data 
stream - and if there is a duplex option turned on in the spooled file, 
it will show up at the printer. Right?

But there is nothing innate to USERASCII to make it duplex - the command 
sequence for duplex has to somehow be inserted.

HTH
Vern

On 11/1/2016 6:48 PM, Jack Tucky wrote:
> I can print *DUPLEX from an SCS or AFPDS printer file, but a *USRASCII
> spool file won't print duplex.
>
> Is *Duplex supported for USRASCII or is there something else I'm doing
> wrong?
>
> Thanks again
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 7:42 PM, Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thanks again.  I'll give my customer all of his options as I go forward.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Richard Schoen <
> > Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > If you're spooling them with Host Print Transform or Ghostscript you'll
> > > need to figure out how to inject a duplex sequence into the print stream.
> > > Not an easy feat in my experience.
> > >
> > > In our case if you print a PDF with our APIs we handle the duplex
> > > switches by interfacing directly to a Windows print driver and then either
> > > printing directly to the printer or re-spooling the RAW USERASCII data back
> > > into an outq for inline printing with other print jobs.
> > >
> > > If you're interested in trying out our software at some point:
> > > https://www.helpsystems.com/solutions/document-forms-managem
> > > ent/document-creation-and-assembly
> > >
> > > Tell the sales team you're needing to print PDF documents from the IBM i
> > > and they will set you up with a demo of iForms which has PDF printing
> > > capabilities.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Richard Schoen
> > > Director of Document Management
> > > e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > p. 952.486.6802
> > > w. helpsystems.com
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yes, the problem is I create the PDF as two pages long, when I convert it
> > > back to *USERASCII and print it I get two pages.
> > >
> > > QSYSPRT is set as DUPLEX(*YES)
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Richard Schoen <
> > > Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > So was there an actual probllem then ?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard Schoen
> > > Director of Document Management
> > > e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > p. 952.486.6802
> > > w. helpsystems.com
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply.  My final printer file is *USERASCII, if I setup
> > > DUPLEX(*YES) it prints two pages.
> > >
> > > Art
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