RE: sending fax from AS400

[Ashish Kulkarni <kulkarni_ash1312@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Did you use report layout utility to generate this
report and spool file??
if so can u point me to some resources where i can
look in design of these reports, i have not done any
reports in long time so out of touch 
Thanx
Ashish
--- Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You cannot directly fax a PDF.  You may be able to
> find a Fax Server that can
> handle faxing a PDF, but it will have to convert it
> first.  And that conversion
> may not be clean.  The more times you have to
> convert things the worst it can
> end up looking.
> 
> You CAN create a very nicely formatted report/spool
> file that looks as pretty as
> html. Most if not all  Fax Servers connected to an
> iSeries handle the faxing of
> reports/spool files quite easily.  I have done it.
> We use Fax*Star and it has
> been a great fax server for us.
> 
> If you are truly set on the PDF format, you should
> email it.
> 
> Since this question is really broader than just
> Java, you may want to ask it on
> the Midrange-L list.  Like I said, you may be able
> to find a fax server that can
> directly handle PDFs, but I am not aware of one. 
> Somebody on the Midrange-L
> list may know of one.
> 
> -- Scott J.
> 
> >
> > Hi
> > This is the requirement i have, i have to send a
> fax
> > in a nice format like the HTML page desing, so
> just
> > cannot create a report on AS400 and fax it,
> > so i was thinking of calling a java program from
> RPG
> > which will create the pdf file in the format i
> > want(use itext or FOP for it)
> > and then fax it
> >
> > Any better ideas
> > Ashish
> 
> 
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