Re: Convert Existing IPDS Spool to PDF

You need a PRTF with DEVTYPE(*IPDS)

And to print them, you could have used a twinax attached printer with
DEVTYPE(*IPDS) AFP(*NO).
Which does not require PSF for i (oka PSF/400).
But LAN attached *IPDS printers require PSF.

Pretty niche IMHO...especially now since PSF is included...

I recall playing around with them back when I had a twinax attached IBM
6400 with *IPDS.

Charles



On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

How does one generate an IPDS type?

When I run the following
select DEVICE_TYPE, *COUNT*(*)
from qsys2.output_queue_entries_basic
GROUP BY DEVICE_TYPE
I get about 12k *AFP and 145k *SCS but zero *IPDS
But, yes the documentation for HPT limits *PDF to originate from *SCS and
*AFP.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=concepts-host-print-transform

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM Stephen Coyle <stephenfcoyle@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hello All,

I need to convert existing IPDS spool files to PDF.
CPYSPLF using WSCST(*PDF) results in an error stating that 'transform
program does not exist for data stream *IPDS'.

All the open source conversion tools I have accumulated over the years
only work with SCS and AFP.
Is IBM's Infoprint Server the only solution?

Thanks for any direction you can provide,
- Steve
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