The best way to capture spool file names is using reflections basic.
Unless of course you do not have reflections basic.  But, you can capture
text on the screen.  write an FTP script and run it.  It is somewhat
backwards and not really the best way to do it, but it is if you have to
get the job done.

Peter Hecht
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On Fri, 15 May 1998, Chris Bartram wrote:

> A while ago there was a discussion (and a nifty program provided by Jim
> Wowchuck) that allowed one to capture a printfile on a PC and send it to
> the spooler on the 3000... Has anyone done the reverse?
>
> We're looking for a way to capture a spoolfile (including imbedded PCL-type
> stuff that might be at the beginning or in the environment file) into a file
> that can be FTP'd or copied to tape for delivery to another system (PC?) at
> a remote location where it will be actually printed. We're assuming here that
> there is no on-demand network connection available between the 3000 and the
> remote system (otherwise we'd just recommend one of the remote printing
> solutions).
>
> Just copy'ing the spoolfile doesn't work... especially when there are blocks
> of pcl/binary stuff in the file. Any suggestions?
>
>                     TIA,
>                      Chris Bartram
>
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