PECTAB Programming in AS400

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Hi I am trying to print airline tickets on a ATB-2 printer. As per Printer manufaturer in order to use there printer to print the tickets we have to use PECTABs Print-language. is this the only way to print the tickets ? How do we relate a Printerfile to a PECTAB string ?. PECTAB : PECTAB is a set of data structure formats defined by the AEA (Association of European Airlines) to communicate information between computers and locally connected and remote ticket readers/printers. Mainly used with ATB (Automated Tickets and Boarding cards).

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You may want to check out this article; http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc/1@@.214a28b1 It explains how to send PCL commands to an attached HP Laser Printer. I would think that the same technique could be used to do what you're attempting.