Re: EPSON DFX 8500 AFPDS -- MIDRANGE-L

Granted this is picking nits, but Client Access for Windows, or it's
successor iACS was generally not chargeable. Certain features were,
generally file download/upload and 5250. Since most people thought 5250
was all they used they just generally applied the moniker while only
meaning 5250.

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM Art Tostaine, Jr. <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks for the replies. We decided to print one copy with a barcode on the
laser printer that is right next to the Epson DFX8500.

This customer has many printers connected with those print servers. They
also never used iACS because it was chargeable way back when. I think they
still use RUMBA!

Art

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Have you tried configuring a 5250-emulation printer session with iACS?
I think this should work. Just make sure you specify Host Print

Transform

= *yes.
This will prompt you with a library and an object name which is a
Workstation Customization object of type *WSCST.

Follow these instructions to obtain such an object:
1. Run this command, making sure the source file exists, or you can

specify

your own:

RTVWSCST DEVTYPE(*TRANSFORM) MFRTYPMDL(*EPDFX8000) SRCMBR(EPDFX8000)
SRCFILE(QGPL/QTXTSRC) TEXT('WSCST Source for EPDFX8000')

En Epson DFX8000 is the closest printer model for your EPSON DFX8500 I
think.

2. CRTWSCST WSCST(QGPL/EPDFX8000) TEXT('WSCST for EPSON DFX8000')
SRCFILE(QGPL/QTXTSRC)
This command creates the Workstation Customization object that you need

in

your 5250 printer session.

3. Make sure you name your virtual printer device, say, EPDFX8000, and

you

associate this printer session to your Server's printer device for it.
4. After configuring your 5250 printer session/device, it should be

created

if your system settings allows it.

Go ahead and send some spooled file test output to this device/outq and
make sure it works.
Then send your AFPDS printer output to this printer and let us know how

it

goes :-D

HTH.

JS

El lun, 26 feb 2024 a las 9:33, Art Tostaine, Jr. (<atostaine@xxxxxxxxx
)
escribió:

Is it possible to print AFPDS/Barcodes to a dot matrix printer? We did

it a

long time ago IIRC.

We have the above printer hooked to a TPLink parallel printer server.

All

my normal tricks to get a printer configured aren't working.

If anyone has a similar configuration I'd appreciate any help getting

this

printing AFPDS.
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