RE: Reversing the order of a spooled file so it prints

Dave,

Yes our SpoolFlex software should be able to handle the DJDE
job descriptors.
I will give you a call to discuss further offline.


Allen
DRV Technologies, Inc.
www.drvtech.com


 

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave
Odom
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:54 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Reversing the order of a spooled file so it prints

Allen et al,

(responses to the rest of you all below)

Allen, you wrote:

>>Dave,
I don't believe there is an easy way to do what you want
without going the commercial route. There are several
software packages available that will do what you want.
Our SpoolFlex software will do exactly what you want and a
lot more for about $2,500. 
By the time you compare the cost of a software solution
versus calculating what it is going to cost you to write
your own, support it, possibly update it if API's change etc
and take into account the additional capabilities of
software products such as SpoolFlex it actually will save
your company in the long run and your time can be better
spent on more important applications then manipulating
spooled files.  

We do offer a free trial at NO COST to verify what I have
said.

Allen <<

Allen,  can you solution deal with a print stream created by
a program
that has DJDE dynamic job descriptors?   An example is
below:
************************************************************
***********************


                      Account Number:  9999-9999999

         
               4700 W VALENCIA RD

 12/29/ 
               US POST OFFICE

 12/30/ 
 
DECEMBER 2005
SUMMARY      
    Does your water bill seem too high?     Last Bill Amount
. . . . .
$   101. 
   Would you like assistance to lower it?   Payment, Thank
you . . . . 
   101. 
                                            Balance forward
. . . . . 
      . 
   Contact Tucson Water Customer Service

        
      to schedule a FREE custom water       Water  . . . . .
. . . . . 
    47. 
   conservation assessment for your home    Other charges  .
. . . . . 
     3. 
   or business. Trained water conservation

        
    specialists will review interior and

        
    landscape water use with you to help

        
    identify wasteful practices and offer

        
     assistance to help you conserve our
01/19/06   
    50. 
         precious water resources.

      
    Call 791-3242 to schedule an appt.
$
   50.
                  9999-999999                  8

  1/19
                  4700 W VALENCIA RD

   $50
          *857576700005*

      
          US POST OFFICE

      
          4700 W VALENCIA RD

      
          TUCSON  AZ          85757-6700

      
1DJDE%
DATA=(1,131),MODIFY=NONE,FONTINDEX=(0,ONE),INKINDEX=(0,ONE),
FORMS=SVCBA
1

      
1

      
1

      
1

      
2

Page  2  
8

      
8

      
2___________________________________________________________
________________
  
2___________________________________________________________
________________R:

8

       
8 WATER USAGE   IN GALLONS IN CCFS

     M 
8THIS MONTH:         2992      4         CURRENT READING

2123    V 
8LAST MONTH:         3740      5

     C 
8THIS MO.LAST YR:   23188     31

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
2

TOTAL:       
82  04C=1=2=3=4=5=6=7=8=9=A=B=C   05

       
2___________________________________________________________
________________
  
2___________________________________________________________
________________R:

8

       
8 WATER USAGE   IN GALLONS IN CCFS

     M 
8THIS MONTH:            0      0

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       
8

       

*...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6
....+....7....+...
 8

       
 8

       
 8

       
 8

       
 2

TOTAL:      

1DJDE%CDATA=(1,131),MODIFY=NONE,FONTINDEX=(0,ONE),INKINDEX=(
0,ONE),FORMS=SVCBA
 1

      
 1

       
 1

       
 1

       
 2                       Account Number: 9999-999999

Page  3  
 2                       Service Address: 4700 W VALENCIA RD

       
 2                       Customer Name:  US POST OFFICE

       
 8

       

2___________________________________________________________
________________
 

2___________________________________________________________
________________

************************************************************
********************

Etc.

If you think your product can help, please let me know more
about a
trial.


To those of you that offered advice:

Many thanks to those of you who responded to my plea and
provided input
and potential solutions.  Some info for you:

- A rewrite of the program to make it print backwards is
being explored
with the vendor that wrote the custom bill program
- Reversing via the hardware is not possible as it is not
available on
the large XEROXs we have not to mention having to possess
memory
sufficient to hold our huge print stream files.
- Changing our large print stream to a PDF and using their
facilities
is just too cumbersome to consider for these size files and
on a
production basis even if it were feasible.
- I don't see how copying this sort of print stream to a
physical file
would help, even adding additional characters upon with to
search, as
then it would have to be returned to a spoolfile state to
continue to
print via the Solimar (creates a template aka a "flash") and
on to the
large XEROXs we have.   
- a back-to-back printing utility is not the answer since
this print
stream already prints "duplex"

Hope that helps explain the problem/environment I'm working
with.

Thanks again for all your responses,

Dave Odom
Arizona