Spool files always held after change forms

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi all

I hope that somebody can help. I have set up four printers on a
second-user as400 model 150 and they are set up exactly (AFAIK) as we
have done on our own systems, but I get the held message immediately
after replying with a G to change forms.

Load form type '*STD' device PRT01 writer PRT01. (G B I H R C)
Reply . . : G
File QSYSPRT held by writer PRT01 on output queue PRT01 in QUSRSYS.

Here is the description: -

Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD PRT01
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *PRT

Device class . . . . . . . . . . . : DEVCLS *LAN
Device type . . . . . . . . . . . : TYPE 3812
Device model . . . . . . . . . . . : MODEL 1
LAN attachment . . . . . . . . . . : LANATTACH *IP
Port number . . . . . . . . . . . : PORT 9100
Physical attachment . . . . . . . : ATTACH *DIRECT
Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : ONLINE *YES
Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : FONT
Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . : 11
Point size . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
Form feed . . . . . . . . . . . . : FORMFEED *CONT
Separator drawer . . . . . . . . . : SEPDRAWER *FILE
Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD PRT01
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *PRT

Separator program . . . . . . . . : SEPPGM *NONE
Printer error message . . . . . . : PRTERRMSG *INQ
Message queue . . . . . . . . . . : MSGQ QSYSOPR
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYS
Current message queue . . . . . . : QSYSOPR
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYS
Activation timer . . . . . . . . . : ACTTMR 170
Inactivity timer . . . . . . . . . : INACTTMR *SEC15
Line speed . . . . . . . . . . . . : LINESPEED 19200
Word length . . . . . . . . . . . : WORDLEN 8
Type of parity . . . . . . . . . . : PARITY *NONE
Stop bits . . . . . . . . . . . . : STOPBITS 1
Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD PRT01
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *PRT

Host print transform . . . . . . . : TRANSFORM *YES
Manufacturer type and model . . . : MFRTYPMDL *HP5SI
Paper source 1 . . . . . . . . . . : PPRSRC1 *A4
Paper source 2 . . . . . . . . . . : PPRSRC2 *A4
Envelope source . . . . . . . . . : ENVELOPE *NONE
ASCII code page 899 support . . . : ASCII899 *NO
Image configuration . . . . . . . : IMGCFG *NONE
Character identifier . . . . . . . : CHRID *SYSVAL
Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD PRT01
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *PRT

Remote location . . . . . . . . . : RMTLOCNAME
Name or address . . . . . . . . : 111.222.333.444



Workstation customizing object . . : WSCST HP5SIL
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : WSCSTLIB
User-defined object . . . . . . . : USRDFNOBJ *NONE
Object type . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
Data transform program . . . . . . : USRDTATFM *NONE
System driver program . . . . . . : SYSDRVPGM *HPPJLDRV
Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD PRT01
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *PRT

Allocated to:
Job name . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PRT01
User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSPLJOB
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 001616
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEXT Landscape printing


If there are other spool file entries to print they do not give the
change form message, but they are also held.

Thanks, in advance
Neil

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi all

I've managed to get a bit further by using WORKJOB PRT01

Message ID . . . . . . : CPI400F Severity . . . . . . . : 30

Message type . . . . . : Diagnostic

Date sent . . . . . . : 09/06/06 Time sent . . . . . . :
13:00:16


Message . . . . : Writer PRT01 can not process file QSYSPRT.

Cause . . . . . : Writer PRT01 could not process file QSYSPRT number
3 job
001729/TEST/DSP01 for one of the following reasons.

If Host Print Transform is enabled, the writer can only process
files with
device type of *SCS, *AFPDS, or *USERASCII.

If Host Print Transform is enabled and Manufacturer type and model
is set
to *NONE, the writer can only process files with device type of
*USERASCII.

HPT = Y, but Manufacturer = *HP5SI

The plot thickens, as if I display the spool file attributerd I get: -

Work with Spooled File Attributes



Job . . . . . . . . : DSP01 File . . . . . . . . :
QSYSPRT
User . . . . . . . : TEST Number . . . . . . : 3

Number . . . . . . : 001729



Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : HELD

Output queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PRT01

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QUSRSYS

ASP file resides on . . . . . . . . . : 1

Form type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *STD

Output priority . . . . . . . . . . . : 5

Copies left to produce . . . . . . . . : 1

Total copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1

Maximum records . . . . . . . . . . . : 100000

Number of separators . . . . . . . . . : 0

File becomes available . . . . . . . . : *FILEEND

Hold file before written . . . . . . . : *YES <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Save file after written . . . . . . . : *NO


This was a simple print screen, so where does the hold file before
written come from?

Thanks
Neil

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi all

Getting closer now, especially when I roll up on the work with spooled
file attributes: -

Device type . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PRINTER
Printer device type . . . . . . . . . : *IPDS <<<<<<<<<<<<
Device file . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYSPRT
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYS

Where does the *IPDS come from, as this is defined as a 3812 and there
is only normal text in the spool file.

Thanks
Neil

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi all

Problem solved. The previous owners had been using IPDS printers.
Aaaargh.

Change Printer File (CHGPRTF)

Type choices, press Enter.

File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FILE > QSYSPRT
Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL
Device: DEV
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . *JOB
Printer device type . . . . . . DEVTYPE *SCS <<<<
was IPDS

Thanks
Neil

[Roscoe]

Good job you just got to keep digging. It had to be a printer file
problem.