Re: PDF printing

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Unix systems, I use Ghostscript for this sort of thing.  Ghostscript 
runs in PASE on the iSeries, and is able to read PDF or PostScript input 
and convert it to all sorts of different printer languages.

Some day I'll get around to writing something (preferably in RPG) that 
helps integrate it with iSeries software.  When I do, I'll probably write 
an article about it.

QIMGCVTI is only usable if you have an exit program that understands PDF 
input...  I imagine that this intended to work with IBM's InfoPrint 
Server, or whatever that licpgm is called that they sell for working with 
PDFs on the iSeries...  Maybe useful to you, but not to me.

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Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com


On Tue, 2 May 2006, beppecosta@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> at present we print PDF from PC. There are many tools that
> do that job; most of them use Acrobat engine and are free.
>
> However I was interested to see if there is a way to do it
> all on the iSeries.
>
> I've heard about QIMGCVTI.
>
> Or maybe converting PDF to Postscript (for example with
> xpdf open source that could possibly run in Pase) and then
> to PCL.
>
> I posted just to see if someone would share some knowledge
>     (and/or some code).
>
> Giuseppe.