Want to move from pre-printed forms

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 04:29P Tue Apr 24 2007, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:

> Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I want to move my company from using pre-printed forms with out Filepro
> >> system.  I know that PrintWizard is one way of doing it, but can't I
> >> generate a pcl output as an overlay and print to that?  If so, can
> >> someone point to where I can learn how to do that?
> >>     
> >
> > It is possible to take a PCL print job, strip out some stuff at the 
> > beginning and the end, and load it as a macro (or each mage as a macro) 
> > into a PCL printer. Then you can insert code in your primary printfile to 
> > trigger the appropriate macro on every page. 
> >
> > This all breaks down when the customer brings in a non-PCL printer. Or 
> > wants to fax, or generate PDFs.
> >
> > Regards,
> > ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
> >
> >   
> I don't have a worry about bringing in a non-PCL printer since I'm the
> customer and I know what I need. 
> 
> Is there a way to create a form with PCL code that will then output a
> PCL document as opposed to an overlay and would this solve an issue with
> PDFs?

There is no issue with PDF's. We've been making PDF's from filePro
PCL output for YEARS.

I'm sure Brian White will come in a tell you his experience.

You seem to be confused as to what a PCL overlay is.

An overlay is a PCL macro that is enabled as an automatic overlay
and the printer runs the macro on every page. You only issue the
enable command once and you automatically have the form on every
page.

The macro can be run conditionally, by executing or calling it with
different PCL codes. In that case you need to issue the PCL code
every time you want the form. None of this has anything to do with 
pdf or fax.

ALL of the pdf converters are broken in one way or another. You simply
learn how to work around it.

Vsifax handles PCL files VERY well.



Jim 
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