Direct PDF-printing

HI I tried to send PDF- printouts via CA-Spool (Mainframe) to ljet 4250 or ljet 4150. What are demands about the printers that they can receive direct native PDF files as PCL or PS? I have tried it by printer's email address or via LPR TCP/IP printer driver and some tests are comin through by the text format where I can See PDF commands only, so maybe printers are not configurated for this yet, or does printer need some extra lines that it'll regonize that PDF- file is coming instead of PCL or PS? Please give me a full task list what I have to do for this when this is more challening task to me whne the printers are in Sweden and I'm sending printouts from Finland and I haven't possibitilies to see th eprinters. rgds veko

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