TechNote:	IBM_012
Product Line:	Serial and Line Printers
Description:	AS/400 CPI problems printing with HPT (Host Print Transform)
Date:	09-20-2005
Contributor/s:	Richard Bright

Issue / Symptom:

The wrong CPI is printed. For example 10 cpi is printed instead of 17 cpi or vice versa.

Solution/Action:

HPT outputs assuming a 3811 laser printer, so the customization commands are based on a laser printer. If there is/are long lines at, for example, 10 CPI, the host will apply output reduction (change the CPI to I.E. 17) to get the line/s to fit on the 3811's paper size. When the data is passed through a non-laser printer's standard driver or a Workstation Customization Object (WSCST), the rotation command is removed but the CPI has already been changed to 17. This can be changed by using the Change Printer File command (CHGPRTF) – details available at: IBM CHGRPTF There is a parameter called PRGRTT (Page Rotatation). By default this is set to *AUTO, set it to 0. In addition, changing the Printer File can overcome some other problems: FONT, Identifier should be *CPI and not *DEVD. *DEVD will always select the font in the device description, *CPI selects the font requested by the host application. Printer quality -> PRTQLTY -> should be *DRAFT and not *STD (*STD is default).

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