Color PCL Files

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Chris Rendall wrote:

> I've created numerous PCL files for HP LasetJet printers in the past that
> print the forms and data from filePro all at the same time. We're looking to
> print our invoices on plain paper and use a color LaserJet to make the
> invoice look professional. I'm wondering is it possible to create a color
> PCL file that I can use within filePro.

It would depend on what is doing the form overlaying. FilePro itself can
not do this, as far as I know.

It is possible to do this with Print Wizard (our product), even if it's a
multi-page (or multi-side) form. In a nutshell:

1. You can create a color PCL file from any Windows program by doing
print-to-file using the PCL-5 driver for your particular printer. Keep
track of where you're creating it (enter a pathname). If necessary, change
its file extension to ".PCL".

2. In Print Wizard, you can reference this file as the overlay file to be
used.

Now we get to the options. If you are printing this on a PCL printer, with
a PCL-5 driver, Print Wizard will load each page of the form into a macro
in the printer's memory, and will trigger those macros in turn for each
page or main text.

However, if any of the above conditions aren't met, or you want to
generate PDFs, you must tell Print Wizard to "/translatepcl".

HOWEVER, our PCL translation supports color only in version 3.0, which is
going to beta "real soon now". Contact me off-list for this.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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