Re: PDF to AFPDS using Infoprint server and AFPDS to PCL using HPT

Instead of using something like MarkMagic, we chose to manipulate the PDF,
adding barcodes, and then to print that. I'm sorry, but I don't have any
ideas for converting to PCL. Google says look at Ghostscript, but it
appears that this is a PC based solution.






From: Nirvan Chakravarthi <nirchak88@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 01/05/2016 08:52 AM
Subject: Re: PDF to AFPDS using Infoprint server and AFPDS to PCL using
HPT
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Thanks for the quick reply.

Yes we have to.

Actually saying we are not printing here , all we have to do is, need to
specify the PCL converted path to existing program that's all. program
will take PCL data and store in third party printing software library
which we are integrated with our application. From this library data
whenever user wants they can print the label.

The problem is our printing software called MarkMagic accepts only PCL and
also we have an existing program which will reduce programming if we have
label data in PCL.

Thanks,
Nirvan
On 05-Jan-2016 6:50 PM, <darren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We had a very similar situation with a customer. They used to serve PCL
style labels we had to download, manipulate, and print. Then they

switched

to PDF. You can use Infoprint server to convert PDF to something a

non-PDF

printer can accept with some creativity, but I don't understand your PCL
requirement. Are you sure you have to convert to PCL?






From: Nirvan <nirchak88@xxxxxxxxx>
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 01/05/2016 08:05 AM
Subject: PDF to AFPDS using Infoprint server and AFPDS to PCL

using

HPT
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Can you please help me on this below requirement,

we have third party software which had placed PCL format earlier and our
program takes the PCL label file from IFS folder and gives to our
printing software this worked fine but going forward they place only PDF
label file instead of PCL in IFS folder so in this case we have to
convert PDF to PCL.

Client does not agree to install third party software.
our printing software will accept only PCL format.
As per i know we cant convert PDF to PCL directly so we have to convert
PDF to AFPDS and from AFPDS to PCL.


Note: here we are not going to print anything we just need IFS folder
consisting PCL label file instead of PDF so we can use our existing
program.

Our goal is to:

1) Create a AFPDS spool file out of PDF file in IFS folder
2) Then use AFPDS `spool file and convert it to PCL and place it in a
new IFS folder

I have gone through below IBM document but i did not get what i am
looking for.

_iseries-printing-v
infoprint server user guide

Thanks,
Nirvan

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