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Font and Point size to print on AS400 to HP Printer

I am trying to get a few lines in my printer file to print a line in Helvetica 85-Pt and also 90-Pt or something similar. I don't have PSF/400 so I can not use IPDS. I am printing to a HP8150 using HPT HP8000. I'm not sure if their is a font I can specify in the DDS of the printer file and/or if I am going to have to change the WSCST for HP8000. I believe I have the ASCII Font string for each. Example is s1o85v4s3b24580T.

I am on V5R2. Let me know if you need anymore information.

Thanks

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DansDadUK

Notice that the sample FNTSTR values quoted in the example are:

1B28733170313276307330623431303154

which is the hexadecimal representation of:

{esc}(s1p12v0s0b4101T

where {esc} represents the non-graphic 'escape' control code character (the character with decimal code 27, or hexadecimal 1B, or octal 033).

daveslater

Hi
you could also use the AFPDS printer file type that comes as standard - this can use standard fonts that are shippled with the iSeries

see

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21351997/Font-issue.html

for a list of fonts.

Dave

Gary Patterson, CISSP

Dave brings up a good point. I only mentioned SCS, but regardless of the printer stream: AFPDS or SCS, both still rely on the same Host Print Transform function (and WSCST) to handle the font transformations.

- Gary

DCS12

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So how do I get one of these fonts into my printer file using the FGID? Do you have an example? I was able to get it to look similar by using FNTCHRSET(CZ6200 T1SKB001 (*POINTSIZE 90))

Gary Patterson, CISSP

You use FNTCHRSET with AFP.

In your case, you're probably making the system do too much work: generate AFP that is just going to get transformed by HPT into PCL. Just skip the AFP step and generate s simple SCS file with the FGID you want.

Here's the "bible" for AS/400 printer programming. Explains ASCII printing, Host Print transform, font selection, the whole bit. Includes sample code, and just about everything you need right in one place:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/books/sc415713.pdf

- Gary Patterson

DCS12

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It does not seem to matter what FGID I put as the font in the DDS or I just don't know what I'm doing. Do I put the FGID as the Font keyword like this "FONT(159 (*POINTSIZE 90))"?

Gary Patterson, CISSP

When you want to print that big, you should use a scalable font. To do that, you need to compile the printer file as an AFPDS file, and specify the outq or printer devd as AFPDS and TRANSFORM(*YES) and the proper WSCST containing the proper FGID to PCL font string mapping.

IBM has a nice support article related to what you are trying to do. Remember that the FGID has to be mapped to a scalable printer resident font in your WSCST.

Is FGID 159 a scalable font that maps to a scalable printer-resident font on your printer?

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/0691887df6ac2b0d862572de0064fde5?OpenDocument

- Gary Patterson

DCS12

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Thanks for the help guys. I did end up using FNTCHRSET(CZ6200 T1V10037 (*POINTSIZE 90)) with an AFPDS.