Re: Font printing on Mainframe
- From: kevin.omara@xxxxxxxxx (O'Mara, Kevin, ITD)
- Date: 30 Jan 2008 10:55:20 -0800
Lizette,
We use AFP for printing to z/OS printers from Windows. I should be
candid and say it is not always fun.
In your description I would load "Infoprint Port Monitor" (a download
from IBM) on the Windows machine, and play with the settings until you
get it to print what you want. It will do the translation to AFP on the
Windows box. You will save a lot of grief if you can do this.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=95&uid=psd1P4000231
I should say that IBM has on occasion been kind and helpful to me
personally in getting this to work for us here.
Otherwise there is a booklet "Font Summary for AFP Collection." I'm not
saying it is helpful , but the few simple fonts available are listed.
After that you get into the printers capabilities, what fonts can be
ordered or created? Using the pcl2afp conversion, this will do something
similar as the Port Monitor, but z/OS does the translation, works
harder, and my or may not find the required resources in your system.
But if you can use the "Infoprint Port Monitor", you will save a lot of
grief and heartache. One opinion. You do have to play with the various
settings & options in the Windows driver box, but it works much like any
other windows printer driver & sends out your "Word doc" as afp to z/OS
print queue.
Hope that helps. I believe most of this to be true, and do not mean to
discourage or encourage options I may be unaware of.
K.O'Mara
Technical Services
Alameda County
RE: >>> Lizette Koehler <starsoul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 1/29/2008 12:06 PM >>>
I am trying to help out an application group that is designing forms on
a PC and then uploading them to the mainframe for printing.
We have an Infoprint 4445 Printer (?) and what they want to see is an
Arial Font that is about a 12 pitch. I do not have a pitch ruler so I
am guessing at the 12, it maybe smaller.
I have been looking for manuals or archives that might help me
understand how to print Arial on the Mainframe in 12pitch font.
I remember that there are Pagedef and Formdefs that can help, but I have
not located a manual that says a GT12 is this or a GF15 is that.
I am just looking for documentation that identifies the normal core
fonts that exist on the mainframe (or how to find them) and what ?defs I
need to use to get the same page print on the infoprint that I get on a
windows attached printer.
We are using ExStream Dialogue drivers on the mainframe to do the print
the files from the PC, I am just thinking that perhaps the JCL needs a
little Output tweaking.
The test I will use is printing a word doc with Arial 12. Then printing
the same file to the mainframe printer. If they are identical, then I
have the right combination of stuff (that is the technical term?
Stuff?).
Thanks
Lizette
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