Re: Forms printing

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,
Regarding the required Spanish characters in print, the ones you would need
most are:

(Upper case) Ñ
(lower case) ñ

In case this does not shown in your email, it could be best described as the
letter N with a tilde character on top.

Also, sometimes you would need accented vowels: á, é, í, ó, ú.
Some Latin American countries have the custom of allowing the substitution
 of accented vowels by non-accented ones if the text is in upper case.


Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:25 PM, jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Forms are printed on plain paper using Lexmark printers and a custom
> programmed forms chip.  I can see how to do most of this using a printer
> file.
>
> Two issues.  First is likely simple - printing a letterhead.  Is that done
> using an overlay?
>
> Second issue seems more difficult.  The back of the form has plain text and
> a couple of database fields.  The plain text, however, could be English, or
> it could be Spanish.
>
> Not sure how to deal with the text, whether English or Spanish.  Could just
> have the text as text.  Could also read from a file and write to the form.
>  But, there would be font changes to accommodate.
>
> Then, there is the Spanish, with the different characters.  What would be
> required to get the Spanish characters to print?
>
> Why am I interested?  I heard that Lexmark has discontinued the specific
> printer model used for this forms chip.  Also, we have a lot of Xerox
> printers and it would be very nice if the form could be printed on those as
> well.  I think it would be nice to be able to present an alternative to the
> expensive forms chip method.  Besides, two other systems send forms to the
> Lexmark printers - HP and VAX.  Be nice to highlight ease of use.
>
> This is not a requirement.  Our SA put his foot down (and/or in his mouth)
> years ago with the position that forms can't be done on the i.  Of course, a
> year or so ago, the need arose to print barcode on specific lab orders.
>  That was pretty easy.  Involved  part was getting the positioning and text
> "just so", and that wasn't hard, either.  The SA ends up being the worst
> form of advertising for the i, with that attitude.
>
> Any suggested reading?
>
>
> John McKee
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