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 Filesize PDF Spoolfile with overlay via InfoPrint or OVRPRTF TOSTMF WSCST(*PDF) Opties
AS/400, AS/400 Spool Files, PDF Overlays, Spool File to PDF, Spool files
All,

I'm doing some tests with spoolfiles with an overlay which I want converted to PDF.

I have tested two ways, using the same overlay object, to do the conversion;

- Via Infoprint tooling. Put the spoolfile in a special outq which is attached to the IFS

- Via the 'new' OVRPRTF command which has the ability to convert spoolfiles to PDF with the TOSTMF and WCST(*PDF) parameters.

I use this OVRPRTF command;

OVRPRTF FILE(QSYSPRT) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(66) + CPI(15) OVRFLW(66) CTLCHAR(*FCFC) + CHLVAL(*NORMAL) + FRONTOVL(OVERLAY) + TOSTMF('//IFSDIR') WSCST(*PDF)

Both work fine and create exactly the same PDF file, the big difference is that Infoprint creates a PDF file with a size of 450kB and the OVRPRTF way creates a PDF file of 7000kB

Any idea which is causing the big difference in size?

Thanks in advance!



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ASKED: May 6, 2011  9:16 AM
UPDATED: September 26, 2011  3:23 AM
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Open them with Notepad on a PC or with DSPF on your AS/400 (if CCSID needs to be handled) to locate differences. I’d imagine that a 6.5MB difference should be pretty obvious.

Tom

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