Re: Printing last page first

    Two other options,

            Your other office: AKA Kinkos, now excepts transmission of Jobs,
            Pitney Bowes (sp ?)  Also has production centers setup across
the country in key cities

            Good Luck,
            JMS....

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Larkin <blarkin@wt.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: Printing last page first


>this is the right approach. I had to do a similar function for Shell Oil.
Xerox
>sold them a 4050, saying it would print duplex. Only problem, it would not
do
>duplex, on legal paper, for Head-to-foot binding (Stapled on to edge
instead of
>side)
>
>We sent data to a outq, NEP picked up spool fil, converted to PF, then sent
>message to another NEP. Second NEP would read thru first page, placing in
new
>spool file. Then next (odd) page would load into an array. then the fun
began.
>All print attributes had start and end codes (DJDE statements). We would
have to
>flip data left for right, top for bottom. (Only 1 statement if we had been
using
>APL!). Then we had to swap print attributes beginning with ending. finally,
we
>scanned for all Font selections, and converted them to select a special
rotated
>font that Xerox was forced to build for us. The font consisted of letters
that
>were rotated 180 degrees as I recall.
>
>Now, a totally different solution. JUNK THE INSERTER. they are usually
>cantankerous machines, and there is always ONE key person that can make it
purr.
>until they leave the company, call in sick, get promoted, etc. Generate the
spool
>data to a file, then FTP to a company that specializes in printing bills,
and let
>them deal with it. I did just this for a major telco client, and it was
cheaper
>than maint on the eqipment, upgrades for higher future volumes, and
employee
>salaries! As I recall, the company we used was Sterling in St. Louis, but
there
>are several. check it out.
>Bob
>
>Buck Calabro wrote:
>
>> Brad, you were my hope!
>> We are floating an idea about writing the data to a PF containing the
"page
>> number" and the print data, "calculating" the page as we go, doing a
>> descending index over the "page" and spinning through actually printing
on
>> paper.  Hassles: AFP barcodes, logos, boxes, shading, duplex printing
(has
>> to be an even number of logical pages to fit on the proper number of
>> physical sheets) and variable drawers (front page is colour letterhead
>> simplex, the rest are plain white duplex.
>>
>> Buck Calabro
>> Billing Concepts Albany, NY
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Stone, Brad V (TC)
>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:58 PM
>> > To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> > Subject:      RE: Printing last page first
>> >
>> > I've heard this asked, but never heard of a solution that didn't
require a
>> > lot of rigamarole.
>> >
>> > > We have a client who wants their bills printed in reverse order; that
>> > is,
>> > > page 10, then page 9, then 8 and so on.  Has anybody ever encountered
>> > > this?
>> >
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