Customer Request I can't handle

[Fairlight]

The honourable and venerable Bob Rasmussen spoke thus:
> 
> Print Wizard should certainly be able to take a PCL file as input and 
> output a PDF. It is possible that you have an early version of Print 
> Wizard in which this was not possible, or not easy. With the current Print 
> Wizard, try
>    printwiz yourfilename.PCL /fPDF://youroutputfile.PDF?view

I've been evaluating PW for a job I'm working on.  Meanwhile, I was also
evaluating it for personal use as the personal edition.  It seemed to
work okay with black and white output if I defined an HP printer and had it
save to file.  However, any colour printers I defined and printed from
Firefox, for example, *poof*...assuming PW didn't BSOD me (one printer's
output would -reliably- BSOD XP SP2 no matter what)), it was generating
PDF's that Acrobat Reader basically coughs on, saying error parsing image.

Having been through that wringer, I will still look at it for the work
project I'm on, since it has a history of working well with fP.  However, I
went with something else entirely for personal use on our servers.  VeryPDF
PDFcamp.  I -love- the thing.  Hooks into all of Office 2000, also acts as
a print filter (was just using it with Firefox and Opera, no problems).  I
should try it with PCL output and see what happens.

It's not like I didn't -try- PW first...it just didn't work at all reliably
for anything colour, and even for a fair amount of graphic work.  :(

mark->