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Yes, please! I've wasted countless hours trying the different variations of configs in ACS and Windows printer options and the Universal Print Drivers. IBM support could be more like the Maytag repair man. LOL
Our company restricts users from installing print drivers. Our tech teams have restrictions on what drivers they are authorized to install. We waste literally hours and hours every time a user gets a new printer. We currently have several staff members that are unable to print from the IBM i, so they have to walk all the way across the office to retrieve their print-outs from our network printer -- even though they have printers plugged into PCs at their desk. This is a MAJOR issue for us. Please keep up with current technology and fix this. Thank you.
This change is necessary for IBM to continue to be relevant as a viable printing option. We do not want customers to have to rely on non-IBM licensed programs to deliver core printing function.
I am seeing more and more of PCL6 printers.
Hello Team, This is a good feature to have as some users update the print drivers to latest versions and they don't get the print out from iACS, we had a Major incident for this issue and would request IBM to prioritize this item and support for PCL 6 drivers.
As new printers are coming on line, more and more PCL6 is needed. I would vote to make his a priority.
.Just a quick update to confirm that the IBM i print team considers this to be a high priority work item.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. Perception of IBM i is degraded when IBM i does not keep up with current technology.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
This enhancement is under consideration by development.
Hello All,
There a suitable workaround in our current environment. For the HP LJ M60x series printers, the Ricoh Universal Print Driver PCL 6 for Windows 10 64-bit plus setting the HPT model to Ricoh AP3200 allowed us to successful print AS400 generated AFPDS reports.
This is a critical requirement because HP Support say a PCL 5 Universal Printer Drives for Windows 10 will not be delivered. And newer HP business level printers seem to only support the new PCL 6 language. Workarounds that worked in Windows 7 do not work in Windows 10. I had to ask a group of user to downgrade to Windows 7 so IBM 5i Reports could print on their HP LJ m601 printers.
We get a large number of calls in support for help in this area. This would solve a big issue for a lot of IBM clients.
Please note that this issue occurs regardless of the version of Windows. The example stated Windows 10, but the version is not relevant. It is the PCL 6 Windows print driver.