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144 User’s Manual for InterForm400
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Address: Refer to the above
Data format: You can either use *RCDDATA or *ALLDATA. *RCDDATA can be
used for *SCS files, While *ALLDATA is required, when sending
merged PCL files. For more information refer to the description of
the DTAFMT parameter of the OS/400 SNDNETSPLF command.
3=Transform AFPDS to *USERASCII
Seqnbr Function
1,0 3 Transform *AFPDS to *USERASCII
Output queue for ASCII print . . __________
Library . . . . . . . . . . . __________
InterForm400 printer type . . . __________
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . __________
F3=Exit F13=Fold/Unfold F11=Delete F12=Cancel
AFPDS (Advanced Function Printing Data Stream) spool files are made for printer devices
with AFP(*YES), which can only be printed out by IPDS printers.. This feature gives the
possibility of printing advanced print consisting of lines, frames, different font types etc.
directly from an application program. By using this transformation feature it is possible to
print out these advanced definitions on an ordinary PCL printer.
Output queue/
library: Output from the transformation will become a spool entry by the
type *USERASCII. This output queue must therefore have a PCL
printer attached which is defined as a *3812 device. If a specific
queue, Printer type and Interface type has been defined in the
previous screen, the keyword *DEFAULT will be preset for this
field. This is overwritten when entering a queue and a library here.
Note that the keyword *DEFAULT apply to both Output queue and
library, InterForm400
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printer type and Interface.
Printer type/
Interface: A PCL printer type and protocol conversion method according to
the choices listed on page (see page 374 and 378). Note that only
ASCII850 and ASCIIR8 interface types can be used (see page
378).
Note, if you want to make use of this feature to transform AFPDS spool entries into
*USERASCII, and these AFPDS spool files are using resource libraries not listed in the
system library list, then the APF3812/AUTO_FORM job description must be changed in
order to include these libraries in the library list.
M WARNING M
The transformation can not convert bar codes and AFP images into PCL. These
definitions will just be ignored in the process.
M WARNING M
AFPDS print can not be used as input for an ordinary overlay merge.