>> We use Fantasia, a software product with many features which make working
>> with various fonts, bar codes, etc. on the HP3000 quite straight-forward,
>> for printing signatures on several laser-printed documents.  Fantasia was
>> developed by Proactive Systems which is now, I believe, part of the JetForm
>> Corporation, Ottawa, Ont.
>> Regards, Eric Bender
>
>This is all true.  Proactive develops Fantasia, and JetForm now owns
>Proactive.
>JetForm also sells it's own HP3000 product, which has some overlap, and some
>divergence in functionality from Fantasia.
>
>As was pointed out, there are a number of ways to achieve what you want to
>do.
>What solution you choose will depend on a balance between your time, your
>budget,
>and your technical know-how.
>
>Here's the general steps without using a commercial package:
>1. Scan in the signature.  This should leave you with a graphic file like
>TIFF, or PCX.
>2. Convert that file into printer code (PCL). This can be done by using
>MS-Word as
>suggested, or probably any Windows package but you will probably have to edit
>the
>file, so have your PCL manual handy.  You'll probably set the file up as a
>permanent
>printer macro.
>3. Upload the file as a binary file to the HP3000.
>4. Download the file to the printer before printing.  This may be a little
>tricky because
>the HP3000 spooler tends to like putting CR/LFs at the end of every line, but
>if you use
> the octal 240 in the control byte of your FWRITE statement you should be OK.
> (This
>tells the spooler that this is a continuation line, and so it doesn't stick a
>CR/LF between
>records).
>5. Embed the PCL to position the cursor and call the Signature macro within
>your QUIZ
>report.
>
>Here's the general steps with a commercial forms/printing package:
>1. Scan in the signature.  This should leave you with a graphic file like
>TIFF, or PCX.
>2. Generate a form file including the graphic using whatever design tool your
>forms
>package uses.
>3. Upload the form file to the HP3000.
>4. Modify your QUIZ report.  How much you have to modify will depend on the
>package
>you choose, with Fantasia, you probably don't have to change it much, but
>with
>JetForm Merge, you'll probably have to modify it a fair amount.  I'm not
>familiar with Formation.
>5. Run the output from your QUIZ report through the forms package, this will
>generate your printout.
>Again, with Fantasia this means sending the QUIZ output to a dummy device,
>with JetForm Merge
>it means sending the output to a disc file, and then running Merge against
>that file.
>
>I hope this helps,
>
>Rob
>
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