Chapter 8. Getting Started with Print Format Utility This chapter describes how to print data from a database file member with the Print Format Utility by showing a practical printing exercise. A page segment is needed to perform the following task. Page segment QFCLOGO should exist in library QGPL. If it does not exist, copy page segment QFCPAGS from library QAFP to library QGPL as page segment QFCLOGO. You can use the Create Duplicate Object (CRTDUPOBJ) command to do this. Note: If your printer does not support bar codes, you should specify your printer type on the Define PFD Specifications display in the creating a PFD definition step. AFP Utilities for iSeries generate appropriate data to print bar codes on your printer. Refer to IBM Printing Systems: Printer Information , (S544–5750), to check if your printer supports them. The operational steps of printing with the Print Format Utility are as follows: Step 1. Starting the Print Format Utility Step 2. Creating a PFD definition in a library. Step 3. Creating a PFD definition in a PFD definition file that you created in step 2. This step consists of the following sub-steps: a. Specifying a database file b. Designing a record layout c. Designing a page layout e. Saving a PFD definition d. Defining printout specifications Step 4. Printing a database file based on the PFD definition. Step 5. Ending the Print Format Utility. Step 6. Printing the AFP Utilities tutorial. 105