CC: Re: Postscript in define output

[Jim Asman]

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At 09:36P Fri Jun 12 2009, Dennis Runolfson wrote:

> 
> We have several forms that we create using pcl code in the output form. 
> Can this also be done using postscript programming?  If so how do you tell
> the printer to act on the instructions rather then print them?

You won't likely get very far with it. Postscript is NOT interpreted
like PCL and has a structured output. It is not an ad hoc collection
of escape codes generated line by line as created by a filepro output
format.

PCL5 fits into the filepro scheme very well. PCL6 though is very structured
a requires "assembly" to be used for printing. Ditto for PS.
> 
> I have not seen this as a subject in the filepro list so I suspect it is
> not commonly used.  Any comments on how to accomplish this as well a pros
> and cons would be appreciated.
> 
> We are running the Ubuntu version of Linux.
> 

What I would suggest is that you print to a file some simple text
through a windows postscript driver and have a look the resulting
file. That should scare you off. ;-)


Jim 
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