Re: IPDS to PCL

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

IPDS spool file?  or AFPDS spool file?

Everything that I've ever seen works with AFPDS spool files, but not IPDS
ones.

However, as IPDS is basically a subset of AFPDS, it's a usually simple
matter of changing the printer file from DEVTYPE(*IPDS) to DEVTYPE(*AFPDS).

HTH,
CHarles


On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Lance Gillespie <LGillespie@xxxxxxxx>wrote:

> We've got an elaborate application that prints graphs and charts using
> GDDM calls
> to IPDS.  New printers that support IPDS are getting scarce and have
> always been
> expensive.
>
> Before we spend a bunch more on hardware, is there software that will take
> an
> IPDS spool file and turn it into something that can print to an HP
> printer, just using
> CL?
>
> I would be willing to entertain IPDS-->PDF-->E-mail-->User as well.
>
> Thanks
> lance
>
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