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January 1997, Week 4

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Rob McDougall <[log in to unmask]>
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Rob McDougall <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:53:40 -0500
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>     Hi,
>
>     We are trying to convert an HP SpoolFile that contains PCL
>     (Fantasia/3000) to a file acceptable by a PCL printer from DOS.
In
>     other words, I want to strip out all the spooler overhead and
convert
>     the CCTL to PCL.
>
>     2)  We can use Fantasia to print to a flat file, but it still
contains
>     CCTL.  Is there any contributed (or not) software out there that
can
>     convert CCTL to standard PCL?
>
>     We are, as always, in a time crunch on this.  Any information
would be
>     greatly appreciated!
>
>     Mike Wanzong
>     Project Leader
>     Business Insurance Group
>     (408)436-6983

Internally we have a C program that runs on the PC that understands
Reflections "Label" format.  This format is real easy to figure out.  We
print to a flat file, and then download the file to the PC using
Reflections, and then use this C program to reconstitute the original
file.  It doesn't understand CCTL, it mearly strips it off.  This works
fine for the JetForm output and is probably OK for Fantasia but I'm
afraid there are no guarantees.

We use this for automated comparisons of the HP3000 QA suite, and our PC
QA suite.  Let me know if you'd like the source.

Rob

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Rob McDougall            Phone:  (613)751-4800 ext.5232
JetForm Corporation      Fax:    (613)594-8886
http://www.jetform.com   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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