Printing data without formatting (basic mode)

If you run IP PrintWay™ basic mode and your batch applications create output that contains ASCII text data, PCL data, PDF data, or AFP data, you must request in the printer definition that IP PrintWay basic mode transmit the data sets to the printer or email destination without formatting the data. To do this, select the IP PrintWay none formatting option in the printer definition.

Tip: IP PrintWay extended mode detects the data stream and automatically sends data other than line data to the printer without formatting.

In some situations, even though IP PrintWay basic mode does not format the data, it might be necessary to translate the data stream to either ASCII or EBCDIC, depending on the requirements of the destination. In this situation, select the Translate only formatting option in the printer definition.

Select the IP PrintWay basic mode none formatting option when your batch applications create:

ASCII text, PCL, or PDF data to be printed on an ASCII printer
AFP, PCL, or PDF data to be sent to an email destination
PCL data to be printed on a VTAM controlled PCL printer

Select the IP PrintWay basic mode Translate only formatting option when your batch applications create:

ASCII text data to be mailed to an email destination

In these situations, IP PrintWay can automatically determine that it needs to transmit the data stream unchanged to the printer. Therefore, in these cases, it ignores the IP PrintWay formatting option that is selected in the printer definition and automatically processes data sets as if the none formatting option were selected:

The data stream contains a PostScript header.
Print Interface converted the data stream to a format suitable for its destination.
The Remote PSF option is selected on the LPR Protocol panel.
NetSpool converted the data stream to a PCL data stream (the Convert to PCL option is selected on the NetSpool Options panel).
The data is to be sent to a VTAM controlled printer as transparent data (the Send as transparent field is selected on the VTAM® Protocol panel).

Procedure for specifying attributes

On the IP PrintWay Options panel, specify these fields:

Formatting: Select None or Translate only.
When you select the None or Translate only formatting option, IP PrintWay ignores these fields:
- Processing panel: All fields under the IP PrintWay Line-to-Text Conversion and SCS Conversion headings
- IP PrintWay Options panel: All fields under the Formatting and Basic Mode Formatting headings (except for the Formatting field)
(Optional) Specify other fields such as Document header and Document trailer.

Example

This ISPF panel shows how to request that IP PrintWay not translate or format data. Only a portion of the ISPF panel is shown.

                           IP PrintWay Options
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 Basic Mode Formatting:
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    Formatting. . . . . . . 1  1. None            2. Standard
                               3. Translate only  4. Use FCB
            
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