filePro Printing from SCO Openserver 6 directly to an SMB share

[Mike Schwartz]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Rasmussen [mailto:ras at anzio.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 3:51 PM
> To: mschw at athenet.net
> Cc: 'Chris Rendall'; 'Filepro List'
> Subject: RE: filePro Printing from SCO Openserver 6 directly to an SMB
share
> 
> 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.
> 
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>                   Portland, OR  97223  USA

     Thanks, Bob.  That's how I remembered PrintWiz's capabilities.  I will
discuss it with the customer if they want me to go ahead with this project.

Mike Schwartz