AS/400 Printing Questions and Answers

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Very New to AS/400 Operations (and I hate printers already)

I have an Okidata 590 impact printer that needs to be created on our AS/400. I used CRTDEVPRT to create the new printer device, but I'm not sure what to select in all the parameters and the printer will not print. I can ping the device on the network. And I get the outq to say RLS/WTR but...

View Answer   |  Feb 24 2009  5:22 PM GMT
CRTDEVPRT, Okidata 590, AS/400 printing
asked by Jean43

  120 pts.

Create virtual printer

I'm new to AS/400 operations..what command do I use to setup a virtual printer queue? I have the outq name and IP address it needs to be.

View Answer   |  Feb 23 2009  8:59 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, Virtual Printers
asked by Jean43

  120 pts.

Keeping the "USER DEFINED DATA"

I have a spooled file that has data in the "USER DEFINED DATA" parameter, when I apply my print definition to this spooled file, I loose the data in the "USER DEFINED DATA" parameter. How do I apply my print definition AND KEEP the data in the "USER DEFINED DATA" parameter?

View Answer   |  Feb 18 2009  9:39 PM GMT
AFP, User Defined Data, AS/400 printing
asked by BlueObsidian

  15 pts.

Change order of pages printed when more than 1 copy requested

I have a splf on the 400 that always has multiple pages but the # of pages varies. It might be page 1,2,3,4,5 today and only 1,2,3 tomorrow. I would like to print 2 copies but I NEED to print them in this order. Page: 1,1 then 2,2 then 3,3. This will apply to all the splf that print in that outq...

View Answer   |  Feb 18 2009  8:41 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, WRKSPLF
asked by Vjeter

  20 pts.

AS/400 V5R3M000-2924 Print problem

A clent is having a problem printing a report. This is on an IBM AS/400 operating system is V5R3M000-2924. A report is software set to print two copies. It spools two copies but only prints one copy and the second one disappears from the outq. Says that it does the same thing no matter which...

View Answer   |  Feb 17 2009  6:40 AM GMT
AS/400 Print Problems, AS/400 printing, V5R3
asked by Tomb1953

  15 pts.

Richo MP5000 on AS400 not Landscape printing

How can I create a DEVD for these printers to properly landscape print to Drawer 3? It currently only prints part of the data as Portrait. Tray 1 – Legal or 8x14 Tray2 – 11x17 Tray3 – 8x11 portrait In the past we created MP4000 with Device type = 3812 Manuf.type & model=*HP5SI Paper...

Answer Question   |  Feb 4 2009  3:01 PM GMT
AS/400 printing
asked by FrenchyinCT

  5 pts.

I am trying to get a signature into ACOM software on the AS/400

Does anyone out there use ACOM software to print their checks? I am trying to get a new signature into the software, but it keeps printing out as garbage. I've got a bitmap on my PC and I successfully get into a folder in the IFS on the 400, but when I try to use it or convert it in the ACOM...

View Answer   |  Feb 3 2009  8:32 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, IFS, ACOM Software
asked by Bsalley

  15 pts.

joblog as400 printing

I'm running a job that could write many joblogs. What I want: if there are any kind of errors (even those answered with an Ignore) the joblog will print, else there is no joblog printed. I can get prints on a hard cancel of a clp but not if answered with an ignore.

View Answer   |  Feb 3 2009  2:22 PM GMT
CLP, AS/400 jobs, AS/400 printing
asked by Brenger

  165 pts.

print to HP OfficeJet 7780

We have an HP OfficeJet 7780 all-in-one that has been set up as a network printer for quite a while. We have been printing to it via Windows from several PCs with no problem. I am trying to set it up as a LAN printer on our AS400 (V6R1) with no luck. I have used IBM's suggested model - *HP520 -...

asked by MikeSchmidtPF

  15 pts.

AS/400 printing

How can I have one of my users to hold an as/400 job in one of our network printers, then whenever she wants to, she can released them !!! she doesn't have as/400 authority to access the to the command entry. thanks

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2009  11:28 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, AS/400 print jobs, Network printing
asked by Querys

  100 pts.

How do I setup a printer on an AS/400 system?

I have the following scenario: - System AS400 running on V4R5 - An Okidata printer connected to a D-Link print server via USB - A D-Link print server which running TCP/IP on the network I'm able to ping and connect to the D-link print server. I can connect the printer via a remote out queue but I...

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2009  10:16 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, AS/400 printers, AS/400 administration
asked by WM

  340 pts.

Remote Printing Problem

I have a site in Wisconsin (we're in New Jersey) that can connect to our AS/400 via emulation with no problem. When I create outq with the correct IP address all I receive for the 1 page sample is the status hanging at 'SND'. We have a site in Illinois with the exact same problem. I see no errors,...

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2009  8:43 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, Remote Printing, AS/400 remote access
asked by DLM2007

  110 pts.

AS/400

How can I hold all the print jobs in the as/400 for just one user, then have the same user to release all her jos whenever she wants to print. thanks

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2009  8:26 PM GMT
AS400 printing jobs, AS/400 printing, AS/400 jobs
asked by Querys

  100 pts.

iSeries print usage

All of our network printing goes to a Novell print server, and we use a piece of Novell software called iPrint to track that usage. We need to track the iSeries printing that is done on network printers in the same way. We're not even sure that it's possible, but we're not ready to take no for...

View Answer   |  Jan 22 2009  3:45 PM GMT
AS/400 printing, iSeries printing, Network printing
asked by Bruce Regis

  20 pts.

AS400

how do you make a query of all the listed printers and display terminals in the system with the following columns: Device Type, Device Name, Description, Status, Last Used.

View Answer   |  Jan 21 2009  5:03 PM GMT
AS/400 Query, AS/400 printing, Printers
asked by Eldridge1020

  5 pts.

AS400 QUERYS

How can I add one of my querys to print daily using schedule job command (step by step).

View Answer   |  Jan 7 2009  7:29 PM GMT
AS/400 queries, AS/400 printing, AS/400 job scheduler
asked by Querys

  100 pts.

Duplicate overlays not printing on the same page of a report

We have a report that is suppose to print the same overlay twice on a page but only prints it once. We get an AS400 error message PQT3302 but do not know why the error occured or how to resolve it. The error message says 'Print data may be missing from the report'. This is true the second...

View Answer   |  Dec 23 2008  8:34 PM GMT
Printers, AS/400 printing
asked by Nmassey

  5 pts.

Printer drops out when spool file goes to associated Output Queue

We have a Xerox Phaser4500 printer config as a 3812. Recently our third party software ACOM creates a merged CHECK spoolfile (its an *userascii) type from mapping and sends it to our outq. The spoolfile will show "WTR" and nothing prints. The printer then has to be turn off and on again. And...

View Answer   |  Dec 22 2008  11:11 PM GMT
Printers, Spool files, V5R4
asked by Donna

  5 pts.

Customize Epson 9 pin with TRANSFORM(*NO)

Greetings, is it possible to customize a Epson 9 pin connected to a PC with iSeries Access V5R4 with the TRANSFORM(*NO.)? I'm trying using a customization object (WSCST) and haven't had any positive results.

View Answer   |  Dec 22 2008  4:38 PM GMT
iSeries Access, V5R4, AS/400 printing
asked by AS400 - Ask the Expert

  395 pts.

AS/400 printing error

How can I go to next page when I am printing from an RPG/400 program and using an externally described printer file. Scenarios are:- 1. I need to print only 2 lines in a page, and print 2 more lines in next page. 2. I am coming across overflow error CPF5004 when printing a database file. Should I...

View Answer   |  Dec 12 2008  7:11 AM GMT
AS/400 printing, RPG/400, Overflow Error CPF5004
asked by Tenwang

  35 pts.

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