PCL 5 Printers

[Jose Lerebours]

Try:

|unoconv --stdout [your-report-output-name.txt] | lpr -U [username] -P 
[the_printer_name] |

or, you can use libreOffice to do so

|libreoffice --headless --print-to-file --printer-name 
[the_printer_name] --outdir /tmp [your-report-output-name.txt] lpr -U 
username /tmp/|||your-report-output-name|.ps -P the_printer_name rm /tmp/|||your-report-output-name|.ps|


A lot of us know of libreOffice but I bet few use it as suggested above 
- libreOffice could be your best friend
when converting/printing/rendering documents ...  Check it out!

Are your clients still using dumb terminals?
Is there a reason why you do not have drivers for your printers?
If your clients use PCs, why can't they open the PDF and print them?

Why would you say that you are just an application developer without 
skill set to develop in any coding language?

Obviously, if you are an application developer, you must have some skill 
set to develop in some language.

Try the above, I hope it works out for you.


On 5/19/21 9:25 AM, Cindy Youngman wrote:
> Hi Jose,
>
> I already have a script that will convert anything I print to a PDF 
> however I am not using any print drivers, just raw print jobs.  Can I 
> push that PDF output to the printer from linux with no print driver?
>
> To everyone else,
>
> Upgrading to the latest fielPro version is too costly for most of my 
> clients.  They are all on old 5.0 versions that they have been running 
> on for over 10 years.  Most of these have been on filepro since the 
> late 80s, early 90s.  I am mainly an applications developer and do not 
> have the skill set to develop anything in PHP or other coding languages.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Cindy
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:58 AM Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list 
> <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com 
> <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>> wrote:
>
>     Wouldn't the logical thing to do be use the PDF features now
>     available
>     natively (I think) to filePro?
>
>     Eventually, you will run out of OLD PRINTERS and people that have
>     them -
>     perhaps, it will be
>     some one else's problem down the road but why kick the can down
>     the road !?!
>
>     We asked for PDF in filePro and then refuse to use it - or is it
>     cost of
>     upgrading the problem?
>
>     Gees, even if you buy ANZIO version that allows you to
>     pass-through and
>     print directly to PDF,
>     you should be able to just go that route and know that you have a
>     permanent solution and no
>     need to worry about legacy technology (lol, even if filePro itself
>     is a
>     legacy tech ...).
>
>     All that being said, we can talk about writing PHP scripts to
>     generate
>     your reports in PDF format! ;-)
>
>
>     On 5/17/21 6:44 PM, Laura Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
>     > I know for a fact that you can buy almost anything from eBay. If
>     you don't
>     > mind that the printer is used rather than new, it is an option.
>     >
>     > Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace are other possibilities.
>     >
>     > Laura Brody
>     >
>     > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 5:30 PM Cindy Youngman via Filepro-list <
>     > filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>     <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> Hi everyone,
>     >>
>     >> I've been using Jim Asman's mkpcl for years to convert pcx to
>     pcl for
>     >> printing forms under 5.0.14 using the old HP-4500 printer
>     definitions.
>     >> They work great and have had no problems.
>     >>
>     >> The problem is I am having trouble finding replacement printers
>     that have
>     >> PCL5 print language.  Might anyone know of any models that
>     still have the
>     >> good old PCL5?
>     >>
>     >> Thanks in advance
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> Cindy Youngman
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