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Confusious (Rkreiss at verizon.net]) say:
> Ken,
>
> This is why is suugest using something like the Printwiz engine to
> translate pcl to a markup language that these dumb printers understand.
>
> Now this begs the question if this can be done in one program from FPtech
> or remains needing to use 2 output programs.

As someone who develops middleware, I'd be a strong proponent of
maintaining a two-program approach.  Rasmussen Software does PrintWiz, and
they do it well.  Print translation is one of their areas of expertise.
No offense to Ken or fP-Tech, but if it was an area of expertise (or a
priority, given budget constraints) for them, such features probably would
have materialised long ago in the core fP product.

I see no reason to figuratively kick Rasmussen in the nuts.  Let each
vendor play to their own strengths.  Especially when -somehow- that cost
would have to be passed on to the user anyway...it makes no sense to have
fP-Tech even try to roll in the package into their own.  The only real case
for doing so is the convenience of a one stop shop.  In this case, I don't
think it's worth harming a developer over the issue.  A bonus of keeping
things separate is that it keeps costs -down- for those that don't need the
features in the first place.

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