[[[portal | Up To Portal ]]] ====== Knowledge Base ====== The Table of Contents at the right may assist the reader in navigating this section. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InFORM_Decisions|inFORM Decisions]] The Search function at the top right may be used to search the content of this site. ===== Information ===== ==== What type of printer can I use with iFORMS/iCHECKS? ==== Since electronic form files are merged with spool file data and converted to ASCII, HP or compatible laser printers supporting **PCL 6** (PCL 6c, PCL6 e) files can be utilized. === PCL === The PCL acronym stands for **Printer Command Language**. It is an intermediate language used to communicate between computers and certain printers. You can read the general overview of PCL in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language | Wikipedia]]. === PCL 6, PCL 6e Black / White PCL 6c Color === inFORM Decisions products work with PCL 5 (PCL 5e, PCL 5c) which is the language originally used by the Laserjet 4 printer and supported by HP Universal Print Driver(UPD). Search of Hewlitt Packard's website for compatible HP printers: \\ https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c04324001 **Note:** HP Universal Print Driver 6.1.0 is the last release of HP UPD to include PCL5. HP provides best effort support for PCL5 in the HP UPD. ==== Configuring a Network Printer With a JetDirect Card ==== Here is the RTVCFGSRC for a 4050 that we have on our network. Since it is RTVCFGSRC, all parameters appear, even though most of them are the command defaults. 
CRTDEVPRT 
 DEVD(NLDACCT)       +
 DEVCLS(*LAN)        +  
 TYPE(3812)          +
 MODEL(1)            + 
 LANATTACH(*IP)      +
 PORT(9100)          +
 ATTACH(*DIRECT)     +
 ONLINE(*YES)        + 
 FONT(011 *NONE)     +
 FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT)  +
 SEPDRAWER(*FILE)    + 
 PRTERRMSG(*INQ)     +
 MSGQ(*CTLD)         +
 ACTTMR(600)         +
 INACTTMR(*SEC15)    +
 LINESPEED(19200)    +
 WORDLEN(8)          +
 PARITY(*NONE)       +
 STOPBITS(1)         +
 TRANSFORM(*YES)     +
 MFRTYPMDL(*HP4000)  +
 PPRSRC1(*LETTER)    + 
 PPRSRC2(*LETTER)    +
 ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10) +
 ASCII899(*YES)      + 
 IMGCFG(*NONE)       +
 CHRID(*SYSVAL)      +
 RMTLOCNAME('192.168.45.44') +
 SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV)        + 
 TEXT('Las Vegas - Downstairs - Accounting')
With the IP address in the RMTLOCNAME, as I have it above, you don't need [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns | DNS]]. You also could put the printer names and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address | IP addresses]] in the AS/400s TCP/IP host table, then use the printer names in the device description (which I am going to do for ours when I get a round tuit). This printer handles both PC output and AS/400 output. Originally posted to [[http://archive.midrange.com/index.html | MIDRANGE-L]] by Ken of Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc How can I get a count of the objects on my system? You may wish to use IBM's commands RTVDSKINF/PRTDSKINF. It'll create about the same file as DSPOBJD will, and you'll get more information out of it. The file is called QUSRSYS/QAEZDISK. By the way, RTVDSKINF traverses the IFS and QDOC as well as the QSYS file system. ===== Specific Issues ===== ==== Upgrading to iMail From FlashMail ==== Copy the FlashMail library to iMailx. Add library [[start#imail | iMail]] to top of library list. Run program efr6000 and verify settings. Run the command RSTEMCFG to copy the FlashMail user data to iMail. Delete the library iMailx. ==== Starting Fax Lines Automatically ==== First you need to **grant authority** of the user profile KFFAX to QPGMR. This can be done with WRKOBJ and using option 2 to edit the authority. Next, edit your **QSTRUPPGM** with the following source code lines near the end of the prorgram: ===== FAQ-Frequently Asked Questions ===== ==== How to find out the LPAR number on your system ==== To find out LPAR on your system: DSPSRVAGT TYPE(*SRVREGINF) ==== How to change the default outq for your Output Option window when using Manual Merge ==== Start by going to change the data area, on a command line type: CHGDTAARA Then type this in for the ‘Data area’: DSOUTQ And for the ‘New Value’ type in outq you want to use ==== How To Retrieve A *USERASCII Spool File From An Outqueue. ==== iDocs outputs pcl spool files, which have the type of ***USERASCII**. This is different from regular text spool files such as joblogs, which are of type ***SCS**. To retrieve a *USERASCII spool file and send it to us please use the following procedure: 1. Add the iDocs library to the top of the library list. **ADDLIBLE FMG *FIRST**\\ \\ 2. Use the command **GETASCSPLF** ( Get Ascii Spool File ) to copy the *USERASCII spool file to an IFS directory.\\ **GETASCSPLF **\\ \\ \\ 
                     Get *USERASCII Spool File (GETASCSPLF)                     
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 Spooled File Name  . . . . . . .   fmglaser      Name                        
 Job Name . . . . . . . . . . . .   qpadev0001    Name, *      
   User Name  . . . . . . . . . .     dyokana     Name                          
   Job Number . . . . . . . . . .     123456      000000-999999                 
 Spooled File Number  . . . . . .   000001        -1-999999, *ONLY, *LAST    
 IFS output file name . . . . . .   /home/dyokana/fmgLaser.pcl
Complete the command prompt with the spool file parameters correct for your spool file and a target IFS path that exists on your system and press . 3. Then, use **binary FTP** to retrieve the stream file from the IFS to the PC. There are many FTP clients available including the DOS command line, but we recommend [[ http://filezilla-project.org/ | FileZilla FTP client]] as an easy to use client that works well with the IBM i server.

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