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Not totally true on the no solution available.

You could use our Native PCL to PDF converter offering, but apparently you want to develop it from scratch :-)

You should talk to Bill Whalen on my sales team. We can probably work out a reseller option if you're looking for distribution options.

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message: 3
date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:29:30 -0500
from: Jason Abreu <jason.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: JTOpen & SpooledFile with Printer Device Type *USERASCII

Correct, it is in ASCII PCL format. I need to convert this to a PDF
file, somehow.
I am familiar with Java so it's my first option. I had hoped to find a
native process in OS/400 that can perform the conversion, but no such
luck just yet.

Jason Abreu
Abreu Innovations, Inc.
jason.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.abreuinnovations.com/

On 12/16/2010 3:25 PM, Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen wrote:
Den 16/12/10 20.18, Jason Abreu skrev:
I am familiar with reading SpooledFiles in Java using the toolbox.

I am having trouble with reading a SpooledFile that has a Printer Device
Type of *USERASCII, however. I have tried using
getTransformedInputStream but keep getting a generic error message.
I have tried getInputStream() but I get a ton of garbage characters back
in the stream.

If I recall correctly *USERASCII means that the printing system just
consider it a binary blob instead of anything with lines and overlays
and such.

Would the garbage characters happen to be valid PCL (HP printer language)?



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