filePro Printing from SCO Openserver 6 directly to an SMB share

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2017, Mike Schwartz via Filepro-list wrote:

[...]
>     Are you letting the AnzioWIn do the PDF conversion?  Or are you
> generating the PDF files in filePro and just letting AnzioWin direct the
> filePro-generated PDF files to a Windows File Share?
>
>     Most of the reports have simple type size changes (IE, 10 CPI, 12 CPI,
> 15 CPI) and a few other commands, like landscape printing.  Not all reports
> go to laser printers, though.  Many reports are still printed on impact
> printers, so my solution has to be able to accommodate either of those 2
> types of printer.
>
>     Of course, I'm hoping NOT to have to go through and change dozens of
> menus or, worse yet, have to create duplicate reports.
>
>     Several years ago I did test a couple of these reports printed to PDF's
> using filePro PDF conversion, and the customer did say that those reports
> are acceptable.

AnzioWin's Print Wizard feature (and also freestanding Print Wizard) is 
very good at maintaining device independence when either rendering on PDF 
or rendering on any Windows-supported printer. This can take two forms:

1. Print Wizard receives PCL-5 code. PW parses and translates these codes 
itself. We've tested with hundreds of PCL-5 printfiles over the years, 
including many coming from filePro. If there are differences in output 
between PW and an actual HP printer, it almost certainly comes down to 
uninitialized variables, which jobs depend on printer front-panel settings 
being set a certain way. PW has similar settings, though they are "back 
door" settings.

2. Print Wizard receives Print Wizard Markup Language (PWML), either coded 
directly or translated from printcodes via our provided printcode table.

If you're currently outputting to a non-PCL printer, using fP's printcode 
tables, you can change tables (PRT files) in order to produce either PCL-5 
or PWML. If the code numbers are logically consistent, as we hope, they 
should come out as good.

(PW also has internal translation of Epson and IBM codes, as provided in 
Okidata printers, but these are recent recent arrivals and not "extremely 
vetted".)

If any kind of translation does not work, we will assist you in making it 
work.

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

personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com
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