Deleting a DBCS font table

You can delete an unused DBCS font table to free storage space on your system. Use the Delete DBCS Font Table (DLTIGCTBL) command to delete a DBCS font table from the IBM® i operating system.

For example, if you do not plan to use Japanese printer 5583 or 5337 with your system, font table QIGC3232 is not needed and can be deleted.

To delete a table, follow these steps:

  1. Optional: Copy the table onto a tape, a diskette, or a physical file. If you do not copy the table before deleting it, you will not have a copy of the table for future use.
  2. Vary off all devices using that table.
  3. Enter the DLTIGCTBL command.
    For example, to delete the DBCS font table QIGC3232, enter:
    DLTIGCTBL IGCTBL(QIGC3232)
  4. Press the Enter key.
    The system sends an inquiry message to the system operator message queue for you to confirm your intention to delete a DBCS table.
  5. Respond to the inquiry message.
    The system sends you a message when it has deleted the table.
    Note: Do not delete a DBCS font table if any device using that table is currently varied on. Also, make sure that the affected controller is not varied on. If you try to delete the table while the device and controller are varied on, the system reports any devices attached to the same controller as those devices, and the controller as damaged the next time you try to print or display extended characters on an affected device. If such damage is reported, follow these steps:
    1. Vary off the affected devices, using the Vary Configuration (VRYCFG) command.
    2. Vary off the affected controller.
    3. Vary on the affected controller.
    4. Vary on the affected devices.
    5. Continue normal work.