RE: IPDS Cards

Then it would only d/l the template when it needed it?

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:51:50 -0600, "Vern Hamberg"
<vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> AFAIK, with a true IPDS printer (and cards?) the system will send
> resources 
> down once and store them at the printer. But if you emulate IPDS with
> Host 
> Print Transform, this does not happen, so it is slower. There are some 
> posts about sending stuff to HP printers as macros, thus storing AFP 
> resources at the printer.
> 
> Vern
> 
> At 02:37 PM 3/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Thanks Richar. I don't *think* it can, but I'm not sure. That's what I
> >want to have happen, and I may need to use PCL overlays to do it.
> >
> >On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:24:04 -0500, "Richard Casey"
> ><casey_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > > Michael,
> > >
> > > Check out http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200402/msg00669.html
> > >
> > > Could that same technique be applied to an IPDS printer? I don't have one
> > > of those to try it out on.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> > > michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:22 AM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: IPDS Cards
> > >
> > > Yeah...that's what I want to do...store the form on the printer. That way
> > > it doesn't have to be downloaded to the printer every time a report
> > > (invoice) is printed.
> 
> 
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