Comments on: AS400/iseries infoprint server IPDS printing to windows printer http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/as400iseries-infoprint-server-ipds-printing-to-windows-printer/ Sat, 25 May 2013 17:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: slack400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/as400iseries-infoprint-server-ipds-printing-to-windows-printer/#comment-65993 slack400 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:23:26 +0000 #comment-65993 I’m unaware of way to print IPDS from the AS400 to a PCL printer without either having a IPDS emulator installed or a 3rd party app getting involved to convert the IPDS stream to PCL then forwarding it to the printer.

If your dealing with a couple of IPDS printers then I’d recommend staying with a Infoprint printers.
But if you’re talking 10+ printers then a server based solution will probably scale up better.

IPDS card runs $600 extra per printer. Some of the 3rd party solutions tout a lower per printer cost but you usually need 5 or more printers before you see any real savings.

IO corp puts out a couple of solutions. (I personally stick with the IBM options like the Infoprinter line)

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