Fonts from zSeries

Fonts might be sent to the iSeries server from the zSeries®. Check your licensing agreements to see if they preclude the transfer of printer resources between operating systems.

Font resources can be downloaded from the zSeries. These font resources cannot be altered by the iSeries operator. If changes need to be made to any font resources, the zSeries site must be notified.

When these font resources are received from the zSeries, you place them in a data file. To convert these font resources to a format that can be used by i5/OS, use the Create Font Resource (CRTFNTRSC) command.

3800 Printer font restrictions on the iSeries server

• You can receive data from a zSeries server that was generated to print on a 3800 printer using 3800 printer font character sets. However, the iSeries server does not support the 3800 printer and its font character sets. Therefore, you should not receive 3800 printer font character sets on the iSeries server.
• If you have Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) data that calls for a 3800 font and you have the 3800 printer font character sets on the system, i5/OS™ tries to use them. You will get an error when the data prints.
• Instead, download the 3820 printer font character sets from the zSeries. When the data generated for the 3800 printer starts to print, i5/OS will substitute the 3820 printer font character sets.
• The naming convention for 3800 printer font character sets is C1xxxxxx. The naming convention for 3820 printer font character sets is C0xxxxxx.

Related reference

Create Font Resource (CRTFNTRSC) CL command