PCL 5 Printers

[Jose Lerebours]

BTW, if the previous suggestion still prints trash, try

soffice -p [document-you-intend-to-print]


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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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