> 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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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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