RE: How to print a logo in a Spool file

[Greg Wilburn <gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Create a PF on the IBM i - we call ours PAGESEG
Field      Type       Length  Length  Position        Usage    Heading 
 PAGESEG    CHAR         8201    8201         1        Both             
   Coded Character Set Identifier  . . . . . :  65535                   
(no idea why I made it that length)

Install the IBM AFP Print Driver on your PC
Load the logo/image into a Word document (or similar) 
- we usually remove the margins
- size it as you would like to see it on the page

Print to file using the IBM AFP Driver with output type = Page Segment
File example:  MyLogo.mbr

Then use FTP to upload it to the PAGESEG file
Binary mode
quote site namefmt 0
put c:\logos\Mylogo.mbr /qsys.lib/asthhobj.lib/pageseg.file/mylogo.mbr

On the IBM command line:
CRTPAGSEG PAGSEG(yourlib/mylogo) FILE(ASTHHOBJ/PAGESEG) MBR(*PAGSEG) TEXT('My New Logo')

Now the image is on the system.

In the DDS (which has to be *AFPDS) - add logo below last record format

A*    COMPANY LOGOS (IN THE FORM OF LOGOCOM#)                       
A                                      PAGSEG(&WRLOGO 0.25 0.25)    

In the above example, the logo name (page segment name) is a variable called WRLOGO.  You could easily just do:
A                                      PAGSEG(MYLOGO 0.25 0.25)    

The numbers after represent the "offset" over and down - the non-printable area of a laserjet printer.


BTW - this works with any image - even one that is the entire page.

HTH
Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Gary Kuznitz 
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 4:42 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: How to print a logo in a Spool file

I have a logo on a PC.

Can someone walk me through the steps required to use 
that logo in a .PRTF file with DDS?

I'm running v7r4 trying to print to an HP printer with HPT 
configured.

Thank you,

Gary Kuznitz