RE: Print RTF or XML from RPG

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rich,

> The magic is that WSCST QSYS/QWPDEFAULT will translate EBCDIC to ASCII,
> but not introduce any special control characters into the print stream.

That's a good idea.  In fact, I even used that technique on a differnt
project where I was outputting DMX language for a thermal printer.
But there are some problems that I had with it, so I decided not to use it
for my PostScript project.  I'll list the problems, so people can decide
for themselves whether they're important:

1) Host Print Transform with QWPDEFAULT will insert formfeed characters,
x'0C', at the end of every page.  That's not what you're supposed to do
with PostScript -- though maybe it won't hurt anything?

2) That method uses Host Print Transform, and therefore takes a bit longer
to move the spooled file from the spool into the printer.  Whether or not
that matters depends on whether or not performance is a hot issue in your
project.

Plus, i'm a control freak, so i like to make sure the ebcdic -> ascii
translation is done my way :)