IBM AS/400E Determining the Printer Device Type, Printer Requirements when Sending with Host Print Transform Function, Authority for Sending Spooled Files

formats. Setting TRANSFORM(*YES) enables either the Image or Host Print
Transform, depending on the spooled file type.
When you convert PostScript spooled files, text data is converted into a bit-mapped
image. Conversely, only image spooled files are converted into PostScript. Image or
PostScript spooled files are also converted into Printer Control Language (PCL) for
Hewlett-Packard compatible printers and Advanced Function Printing (AFP) data
stream.
Image transformation requires additional image configuration information beyond
that of the manufacturing type and model parameter, or workstation customizing
object. When using the LPR or SNDTCPSPLF command, you must ensure that this
information is in the user-defined data attribute of the spooled file. When using
printer pass-through, you can specify this with an image configuration object in the
IMGCFG parameter of the remote output queue. For detailed information on
specifying Image and Host Print Transform parameters, see Printer Device
Programming
, SC41-5713-03.
Determining the Printer Device Type
Todetermine the printer device type of a spooled file, display the spooled file
attributes. The printer device type (DEVTYPE) parameter on the printer file sets this
attribute when the spooled file is created. For more information, see
Printer Device
Programming
.
Printer Requirements when Sending with Host Print Transform
Function
Youneed to know the printer, the manufacturer, type, and model (MFRTYPMDL
parameter) of the destination printer if you are using the host print transform
function. Many printers sold by the following companies are supported:
vEpson America Incorporated
vHewlett-Packard Company
vIBM Corporation
vNEC Corporation
vOkidata Corporation
vPanasonic Corporation
vXerox Corporation
Authority for Sending Spooled Files
Tosend a spooled file, you must have one of the following authorities to the file or
to the output queue that the file is on.
vBe the owner of the spooled file.
vHave spool control authority (*SPLCTL).
vHave job control (*JOBCTL) special authority on an operator-controlled
(OPRCTL(*YES)) output queue.
vBe the owner of the output queue.
vHave add, delete, and read authority to an output queue created with
AUTCHK(*DTAAUT).
vHave read authority to output queue created with DSPDTA(*YES).
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