________________________________ From: Howard Turetzky <howard.turet...@infoprint.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 3:39:26 PM Subject: Re: PSF and non AFP printer
You might consider plans to replace your 6262. It was withdrawn from service in 2007, and while parts may still be available from third parties it will be more difficult to service and support the machine. If you need an impact printer that can be driven by PSF, consider the Infoprint 6500 or Printronix 7000. These are dot-matrix printers up to 2000 lines/minute with an option for TCP/IP IPDS support, so it can be started/stopped, back/forward spaced, and you get IPDS error recovery. With PSF you can use the Line Mode Migration feature to use your existing FCBs without the need to change job JCL. Howard Turetzky Ricoh Production Print Solutions ---------------------SNIP-------------------------------------- Howard: I do not have experience with the printers you mentioned. However, IBM had *LOTS* of issues with PSF & its printers *WITH* backspacing and forward spacing. I have the scars to prove it. My memory says I am responsible for 50 APARS to fix PSF & Jes2 problems with forward/backward spacing printers. I think that is when the grey hair started to come in. I honestly would hate to get in a match betwen IBM & (you name the product) trying to point fingers at software issues. I have the scars to prove that at least even with IBM printers it was messy. The printers you speak of may be perfectly OK but when you get into a match between IBM software and your printers I think its a lost cause, personallly. The people at PSF level two were ready for me to queue up a PMR (or two or three) the same day. I was on a first name basis with them and they were great people and they did not like me calling as they knew I had a bug and it was going to be work to get it corrected. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
