Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Roger Bolan
No. The printer itself must support IPDS (Intelligent Printer Data Stream) for PSF to print to it. The input to PSF can be fully composed AFP, or plain line data (formatted into AFP using a FORMDEF and PAGEDEF) or a mixture of line data and AFP x'5A' records, but the printer must support IPDS for

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Roger Bolan
Check out Infoprint Server instead of PSF to send non-AFP files to a printer. With the optional transforms, you can even convert AFP into PDF, Postscript, or PCL. --Roger On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Roberto Halais wrote: > Listers: > > We have an IBM 6262 mod D22 impact printer that was conv

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
Since your IBM 6262 printer is now TCP/IP-attached, have you tried sending it a small test job using z/OS's LPR command? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation & Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-06 Thread Howard Turetzky
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 It was withdrawn from service in 2007, and while parts may still be available from third parties it will be more difficult to service and support the machine.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

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-07 Thread Ed Gould
From: Howard Turetzky 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 It was withdrawn from service in 2007, and while parts may still be available from third parties