Re: PDF to AFPDS using Infoprint server and AFPDS to PCL using HPT

A Zerba printer is probably a bad choice for your example; they don't
understand PCL or PDF...

And IMHO, there's plenty of pluses to avoiding the complexities of multiple
system jobs.

Especially if you don't already have such a tool like automate.

Direct PDF printing is nothing new. If the OP is stuck with printers that
don't support it, it's likely they are pretty old. Replacing them in my
mind might be a good idea; just from a lifecycle perspective. The need for
direct PDF printing would just be an additional driver.

Charles

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Richard Schoen <
Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Let's role play your scenario:

Developer: "Ah, boss we have to buy all new PDF capable printers to print
these labels. We'll need to throw out all the zebra label printers."

Boss: "WTF ? "

Another scenario using Automate or any other free or commercial Windows
process automation toolset:

Developer: "Since we have a Windows server available let's place all PDFs
in a folder and then just do a simple automated render of each file to PCL
using a Windows driver to our driver of choice and put them back into the
IBM i as an IFS file or spool file. You pick. "

Boss: "Way to go developer. You're thinking about all the resources we
have available to us, not just the IBM i. My friend Nathan was telling me I
needed new PDF printers or I might have to try to compile some open source
stuff in PASE. Isn't that a picante sauce ?"

Choose simple and effective:
http://www.helpsystems.com/automate

Regards,

Richard Schoen | Director of Document Management Technologies, HelpSystems
T: + 1 952-486-6802
RJS Software Systems | A Division of HelpSystems
richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.rjssoftware.com
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message: 4
date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 10:08:53 -0700
from: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: PDF to AFPDS using Infoprint server and AFPDS to PCL
using HPT

You need a printer that will ingest and render a raw PDF file for this.

That's a problem? Shop PDF capable printers on Amazon.

Otherwise you have the equivalent of trying to shove a square peg into a
round hole :-)

Funny, that's basically what I was thinking about the idea using
server-based software to transform PDF to AFPDS to PCL. Particularly if you
need to license a package for it. Especially if you have to route the files
to a Windows server.


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