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Allen et al,
(responses to the rest of you all below)
Allen, you wrote:
>>Dave,
I don't believe there is an easy way to do what you want
without going the commercial route. There are several
software packages available that will do what you want.
Our SpoolFlex software will do exactly what you want and a
lot more for about $2,500.
By the time you compare the cost of a software solution
versus calculating what it is going to cost you to write
your own, support it, possibly update it if API's change etc
and take into account the additional capabilities of
software products such as SpoolFlex it actually will save
your company in the long run and your time can be better
spent on more important applications then manipulating
spooled files.
We do offer a free trial at NO COST to verify what I have
said.
Allen <<
Allen, can you solution deal with a print stream created by a program
that has DJDE dynamic job descriptors? An example is below:
***********************************************************************************
Account Number: 9999-9999999
4700 W VALENCIA RD
12/29/
US POST OFFICE
12/30/
DECEMBER 2005
SUMMARY
Does your water bill seem too high? Last Bill Amount . . . . .
$ 101.
Would you like assistance to lower it? Payment, Thank you . . . .
101.
Balance forward . . . . .
.
Contact Tucson Water Customer Service
to schedule a FREE custom water Water . . . . . . . . . .
47.
conservation assessment for your home Other charges . . . . . .
3.
or business. Trained water conservation
specialists will review interior and
landscape water use with you to help
identify wasteful practices and offer
assistance to help you conserve our 01/19/06
50.
precious water resources.
Call 791-3242 to schedule an appt. $
50.
9999-999999 8
1/19
4700 W VALENCIA RD
$50
*857576700005*
US POST OFFICE
4700 W VALENCIA RD
TUCSON AZ 85757-6700
1DJDE%
DATA=(1,131),MODIFY=NONE,FONTINDEX=(0,ONE),INKINDEX=(0,ONE),FORMS=SVCBA
1
1
1
1
2
Page 2
8
8
2___________________________________________________________________________
2___________________________________________________________________________R:
8
8 WATER USAGE IN GALLONS IN CCFS
M
8THIS MONTH: 2992 4 CURRENT READING
2123 V
8LAST MONTH: 3740 5
C
8THIS MO.LAST YR: 23188 31
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
2
TOTAL:
82 04C=1=2=3=4=5=6=7=8=9=A=B=C 05
2___________________________________________________________________________
2___________________________________________________________________________R:
8
8 WATER USAGE IN GALLONS IN CCFS
M
8THIS MONTH: 0 0
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
*...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+...
8
8
8
8
2
TOTAL:
1DJDE%CDATA=(1,131),MODIFY=NONE,FONTINDEX=(0,ONE),INKINDEX=(0,ONE),FORMS=SVCBA
1
1
1
1
2 Account Number: 9999-999999
Page 3
2 Service Address: 4700 W VALENCIA RD
2 Customer Name: US POST OFFICE
8
2___________________________________________________________________________
2___________________________________________________________________________
********************************************************************************
Etc.
If you think your product can help, please let me know more about a
trial.
To those of you that offered advice:
Many thanks to those of you who responded to my plea and provided input
and potential solutions. Some info for you:
- A rewrite of the program to make it print backwards is being explored
with the vendor that wrote the custom bill program
- Reversing via the hardware is not possible as it is not available on
the large XEROXs we have not to mention having to possess memory
sufficient to hold our huge print stream files.
- Changing our large print stream to a PDF and using their facilities
is just too cumbersome to consider for these size files and on a
production basis even if it were feasible.
- I don't see how copying this sort of print stream to a physical file
would help, even adding additional characters upon with to search, as
then it would have to be returned to a spoolfile state to continue to
print via the Solimar (creates a template aka a "flash") and on to the
large XEROXs we have.
- a back-to-back printing utility is not the answer since this print
stream already prints "duplex"
Hope that helps explain the problem/environment I'm working with.
Thanks again for all your responses,
Dave Odom
Arizona
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