Re: Printing PDFs to iSeries Printers

Jim,

I have used iText quite a bit to do something similar but I have never
imported a tiff. The documentation says that itext can import tiffs. As
of V5R1? you can print PDF files directly to attached printers. You
create a print device of type *USERASCII. You can also use the print
services API in any 1.4+ JDK to work with printers but it sounds like
you want to stick with 1.3.

--David Morris


>>> Jim.McLean@xxxxxxxxxx 04/04/05 10:24 AM >>>
Hey Everyone,

I've done some searching in the list + some googling and have yet to
find
something to fit my needs.

Here's what I need to accomplish:

1. Read a multipage tiff in from the IFS and break it apart into
separate
pages
2. Develop a web app that let's the user rearrange the pages + add a
cover
sheet.
3. Print the cover sheet + pages in the new ordering to a iSeries
printer
(Preferably from the PDF generated in the next step, but I could print
the
cover page (to a spool) + print the TIFF images one at a time.)
4. Save the cover sheet + pages to a PDF.

I have no problem with 1,2 and 4.  However I can't figure out how to
accomplish #3.

I have WASE 5.1 running on V5R3.  I can create some sort of service
program
to accomplish the printing if Java 1.4 is necessary, but I'd prefer to
accomplish this in Java1.3.

Is there some sort of Java toolbox class to help me with this?

Any Ideas are MUCH appreciated.


Thanks,

Jim McLean