Print file to PCL

[Enrique Arredondo]

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From: "GCC Consulting" <gcc at optonline.net>
To: "'Enrique Arredondo'" <henry at vegena.net>; <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:04 AM
Subject: RE: Print file to PCL


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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Enrique
Arredondo
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:41 AM
> To: filepro-list at seaslug.org
> Subject: Re: Print file to PCL
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
> To: "Enrique Arredondo" <henry at vegena.net>
> Cc: <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 5:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Print file to PCL
>
>
> > Enrique Arredondo wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a way of transforming a filepro ASCII report into a report
that
> > > would print with the following command " lp -c -dlaser -o raw
file.txt"
> ?
> > >
> > > The only difference within filepro is print code 56 at 1,1 (HP laser
> > > codes). So How to prepend that code into the ascii file so "-o raw"
> would
> > > take it and print it on the laser printer with no problem ?
> >
> > What doesn't work when you simply set the printer type to one of the
> > HP-* types, and the destination to your above command?
> >
> > -- 
>
> The thing is that the ASCII report prints already on a dot matrix printer
> with preprinted forms, and it's so complex, it updates so many flags , it
> updates so many files with YTD amounts,etc. That's it's quite impossible
to
> re run it with the HP laser print codes. So once I have the report in
ASCII
> I want to print it on a HP laser plain paper printer. But the only way of
> making it fit is by adding that code to fit on a 60 lines per page printer
a
> 66 line report.
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> --
> You could create a second report which doesn't do any updating of files to
print
> to the laser printer.
>
> Create a demand index to use when rerunning the report.  Your menu script
can
> the run both reports, first to the dot matrix and then using the demand
index,
> print to the laser printer.
>
> I have done this in the past when running a number of reports against the
same
> selected records.  The first reports selected the records and the rest of
the
> reports used the demand index created. 1 selection & 4 reports.
>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
>

How do you create a demand index while running a report ? That sounds
interesting ?

Regards,
EA