Re: Windows drivers when printing SQRs run on mainframe

[Nathan Treadway <nathant@ONTKO.COM>]

On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 01:36:04PM -0800, John Sayre wrote:
> We have a couple of highly formatted SQRs with multiple font changes and
> also a .BMP logo
> which we are currently printing from desktops. We have the SQR fonts
> section in win.ini, so they print correctly.
> We want to run these from the mainframe, because the volume of reports has
> gotten so high.   Is it possible
> to print these from an HP or Xerox laser printer and use the -printer:wp
> flag and get the right fonts?

No, -printer:wp is available on the Windows versions only.

If the problem is report execution time, not the actual process of printing,
you should be able to run the reports using -keep on the mainframe, move the
..spf files to the PC (using FTP or a network-mapped drive), and then using
SQRWP -printer:wp ...  actually print the files to the output printer. The
..BMP and font settings will be used at print time, not report generation
time.  (So, for example, your print-image command should refer to the file
name on the PC, not on the mainframe.  In other words, you should need very
few changes in your SQRs to move the execution onto the mainframe, I
believe.)

                                                Nathan
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