Printing CMC7 on IBM Infoprint 1532

Question

Hello,
We are setting up ECC 6.0 on iSeries V5R4 and have a problem
Now, we have iSeries applications which print MICR CMC7 characters on an Infoprint 1532 printer without problems. It is configured as IPDS/AFP
From SAP we are unable to print CMC7 characters, we have tried following oss 133.660, using the printer as it is defined for iSeries app. (IPDS/AFP) and, in SAP, device type IBMNP without success. We have defined it as a non IPDS emulated printer (emulating 3812, host print transform, *INFOPRINT1500) and, in SAP, device type HP5MI, HPLJMI, SAPSCS, ..., without success
We opened a SAP message and were told to use device type SAPGOF and buy a converter to transform to IPDS. We have been told that the sw is Infoprint Manager with SAP peature. Its price is quite high
We think that if we can print CMC7 from iSeries without problems, we should be able to print CMC7 from SAP
We think many customers must be printing CMC7 or, at least MICR characters from SAP on iSeries, it must not be too difficult nor expensive, but can't find how to do and now we are quite hurry
Is it possible to print CMC7 on an Infoprint 1532 without any other sw? If not which printer or kind of printer should we use?
How should we define the printer on the iSeries and on SAP?
Any oss note we should follow?
Thanks in advance, Ximo Escobedo

Answer 1

Hi Volker, how are you? do you remember me? You certified me in SAP CPC to ASCII
Well, you are right, I work for IBM, but I don't like to use an expensive solution if there is a cheap one (don't worry, I know you did a joke). In any case, the customer has asked the SW to IBM in test mode. Perhaps the SW makes many things the customer likes and he buys it. IBM, the customer and myself would be glad and we would have our problem solved
We want to print MICR (magnetic) characters with font CMC7. Untill now, they have been printing checks (cheques?) from iSeries applications with DDS through the Infoprint 1532 with the MICR module, and works really fine
All of us thought that if i5/OS was able to print so, SAP on iSeries would be able too, but we can't find how to print CMC7 with same printer
We have 2 DEVD in i5/OS: the IPDS/AFP one and another one emulating a 3812 with host print transform and *infoprint1500, as I said when I posted original question
Is it possible to print MICR CMC7 with Infoprint 1532 with MICR simm? How? If not, what would you recommed us?