Re: Copy PCL to PDF

[Jason Abreu <jason.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I already have a Java library in place that I wrote to convert spooled 
files into PDF, either streaming to the web or to a specified file on 
the file system.  I use XML and XSL:FO to accomplish that.  I am looking 
to add to the library to include a PCL to PDF conversion to enable 
additional tasks to be performed with raw PCL files that are generated 
by an automated process.

Thank you for the suggestions, though.

Jason Abreu
Abreu Innovations, Inc.
jason.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.abreuinnovations.com/

On 12/16/2010 8:22 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
> We're beginning to produce reports in earnest in conjunction with a new student
> information system for schools, and we finally came up with a set of RPG
> procedures to streamline development; a report API.
>
> It may be a bit out of context to mention it in this thread because we don't
> transform ACOM PCL to PDF, but we do have a requirement to generate PDF files
> for student transcripts, report cards, and so forth.
>
> The approach we came up with, was to transform HTML to PDF.  The following
> reference shows some screen shots of a student transcript in HTML, XML, and PDF
> formats, RPG calcs, and procedure prototypes.  The rptToPDF() procedure
> generates a PDF file from an HTML stream file.  The rptToWeb() procedure may be
> evoked from CGI programs to stream reports to Web clients.
>
> http://www.radile.com/rdweb/temp/transcript.pdf
>
> It make give you some ideas.  We use Dreamweaver to layout XML and HTML
> templates, and use them in RPG programs to generate PDF reports.
>
> -Nathan
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jason Abreu<jason.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 1:12:06 PM
> Subject: Copy PCL to PDF
>
> I have a process that merges a spooled file with a form (ACOM) and
> outputs another spooled file in PCL format (Printer Device Type *USERASCII).
> I need to convert this formatted output into a PDF document.  Has
> anybody had any experience doing this?