AS/400 Remote Out Queue Set-up for Zebra Printers

(Must be used for EPL and CPCL printer) EPL and CPCL printers do not support Printer Job Language (PJL), SNMP or ZBI and therefore these printers can’t be used as AS/400 devices using the CRTDEVPRT command. ZPL Ethernet, Wired or Wireless, printers can be driven as a local device (CRTDEVPRT) or remote out queue (CRTOUTQ). The later is much easier to configure and should be used unless the AS/400 device support (CRTDEVPRT) is requested. (This also applies to mobile printers that are CPCL printers running the ZBI emulation.) To generate the required EPL, CPCL or ZPL output file the following software tools are recommended. CPCL Printers - Label Vista should be used to generate the CPCL output files. This can be downloaded from http://www.zebra.com/SD/product_LabelVista.htm (This file is 2MB) EPL Printers - BAR-ONE 6 should be used to generate the EPL output files. Bar One 6 Lite can be downloaded from: http://www.zebra.com/SD/barone_60.htm (This file is 17MB) ZPL Printers - BAR-ONE for AS/400 should be used to generate the ZPL output files

This can be downloaded from: ftp://ftp.zebra.com/pub/barone_pv/deAS400.zip This also includes instructions on how to configure Zebra printer as a device (CRTDEVPRT) (This file is 19MB)

To configure the Remote Output Queue for the AS/400, the three steps below should be followed. 1. CRTOUTQ (Here we are looking, specifically, at a CPCL printer) 2. WSCST (Workstation customisation) 3. OVRPRTF (Override with printer file)

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1. CRTOUTQ The OUTQ is created as shown below:

Type CRTOUTQ and press ENTER Press F9, this will show all the different parameters for this particular activity Press F11, this will show the command line parameter name

Enter the name for your Output queue Here it is ZB_OUT

Set the Library to QGPL Change Remote System to *INTNETADR Change Remote Printer Queue to portLF1 (Please note the case) Press Page Down

2. WSCST

Set Writers to autostart to 1 Change the Queue for writer messages / Library to QSYSOPR Change Connection type to *IP Set Destination type to *OTHER Change the Manufacturer type and model to WSCSTCONT132 The “Workstation customising object” is set as QWPDEFAULT And the library is set as QSYS Set the Internet address to that of the printer being used Set Print separator page to *NO Press Page Down

TAB to, and change the Text ‘description’ to something meaning full Press ENTER

If the operation was successful then a message similar to that above will be shown

Object ZB_OUT type *OUTQ created in library QGPL.

After which you should get a screen like the one above

3. OVRPRTF At the command line type OVRPRTF

Set the “File being overridden” to *PRTF Page down to the next screen

Set the “Form feed” to *CONT Page down, about, 4 more screens

Set the “Output queue” to the name of the OUTQ you want to use Set the “Library” to that the OUTQ was created in Then press ENTER

Now whenever CPYF FROMFILE(QGPL/TEST1) TOFILE(QPCSMPRT) is entered the job will automatically go to the OUTQ, and print without a blank label following the printed labels