Does it really HAVE to start as a spool file?

Instead of
:file x;dev=lp,1

when you create the file, try something like
:purge x.group
:file x = x.group, new; dev=disc; cctl; save; rec=-32,f,ascii.disc=nnnn,32,1
to get a regular file

then when you want to print it
:file z;dev=6,13,1;cctl
:print x.group > *z


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Wonsil" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] how to convert SPOOL file to regular file, for FTP
to Unix?


> > Our actual end goal is not to print the file immediately.   I want to
> > get the file over to the Unix machine as a file containing valid PCL,
> > so we can do some processing on it BEFORE it gets printed.  The file
> > is also going to be eventually MIME encoded and mailed off to another
> > machine as an attachment.
> >
> > At this stage, I am just trying to print the file as a way of
> > determining if it has been brought over intact.
>
> Well then, another option you may want to consider is to convert the file
to
> PDF.  There are several vendors who can do this for you (I believe STR
> Software does this with its fax package formerly known as Fax/3000, and I
> think Minisoft has something in the works if it isn't out by now.  I'm not
> sure about the Sanface txt2pdf Perl script, but it may work too.)  Once a
> pdf, you can push the document (via email) or put it in a web directory so
> interested parties can pull it from a web server.
>
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