RE: PDF to spool file.

Yes,

You should find a couple of discussions in the archives about it.  Look for 
"printing PDF from AS400" or similar.

Basically, you need

1) A printer file defined as DEVTYPE(*USERASCII)
2a) A printer that can directly print PDF
or 2b) a program that converts the PDF to something (PCL or PS) the printer can 
handle.
3) a routine that writes the (PDF/PCL/PS) datastream to the printer file to 
create the spool file.

IIRC, requirement 3 can be as simple as using Qshell the Qshell copy command.


HTH,


Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> There are a lot of posts on changing spool files to PDF.  How 
> about the
> reverse?  Is that possible?
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