Re: How to print a logo in a Spool file

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

What is the desired end result?  A printed spooled file or a PDF or
something else?

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Greg
>
> Have you looked at the AFPRSC PRTF keyword? It effectively replaces
> PAGSEG, so you don't need anything off the system. You point it at an
> IFS image file and even PDF - ba-da-boom. I don't know if it supports
> PNGs yet - at least with Host Print Transform. It does work with TIFFs
> and GIFs, so that is good enough for us.
>
> It's been around since v54r, and is supported in Host Print Transform
> since I don't remember when.
>
> You might use FTP to upload the image file.
>
> Cheers
> Vern
>
> On 11/19/2021 10:10 AM, Greg Wilburn wrote:
> > 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
>
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