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Yes. &nbsp; The device type and setup on the iSeries is different but there are two more important factors.<br />
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1) The printer has to support IPDS and the only printers that have good reliable support for IPD, IMHO, is the Ricoh WORKGROUP line and the Lexmark line. &nbsp; This is because they are both very tightly related in one way or another to the early IBM IPDS printers.<br />
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2) The iSeries must be licensed for PSF (on V6R1 it is 5761SS1 option 36,37 or 38). &nbsp; This licensed program adds support for AFPDS which is the data stream that IPDS uses for its content.<br />
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This adds some cost to supporting IPDS, but the payback is definately well worth it, ESPECIALLY if you are coming from the twinax world and expecting that sort of printer control on your laser printers.<br />
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~Jon
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Since bar-codes can be generated without needing an IPDS printer, does your developer have a reason for needing IPDS? Only a *AFPDS printer file definition is needed. The IPDS data stream is usually applicable in more sophisticated networks. Note that a purchased PSF license isn't required for *AFPDS.<br />
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Gary nailed the nuances, if you can do this on a PCL laser using HPT, that is the way to go. If that doesn't work ... this is another vote for TL Ashford. I have it deployed at over 100 clients &nbsp;in the last 10 years - low relative cost, very good software, superb support, all around great company. If you don't have the licensed pre-requisite items for IPDS or other issues - I would suspect you can deploy TL Ashford software quicker &amp;&nbsp;cheaper than IPDS. <br />
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Just remember technician hell is a place filled with printers.<br />
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Mike
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in some cases, we first create a PDF (to archive) and print that PDF instead of the spoolfile.<br />
then alomst every printer can do the job.
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One of our programmers came to me and asked if I could set up one of our printers as an IPDS printer so that he could print bar codes.<br />
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I haven't ever done this before and I am not sure what is involved with it.<br />
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Is there something that must be done on the printer itself to be IPDS compatible? Is there a specific setup that needs to be done on the iSeries side? <br />
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Any help would be much appreciated.<br />
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Thanks
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One of our programmers came to me and asked if I could set up one of our printers as an IPDS printer so that he could print bar codes.

I haven't ever done this before and I am not sure what is involved with it.

Is there something that must be done on the printer itself to be IPDS compatible? Is there a specific setup that needs to be done on the iSeries side? 

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

iSeries IPDS printers

IBM i, formerly known as AS/400, is a proprietary, midrange, object-based operating and application system. It includes a relational database, a menu-driven interface, support for multiple users, block-oriented terminal support and printers, and supports security, communications, and web-based application servers including Websphere, Apache and Tomcat.