I installed Txt2PDF.pl on my HP3000's based on your suggestion and it works
GREAT. I tried it with a 240-column spoolfile report. Worked almost
perfectly. Getting the page breaks to line up within the PDF is a challenge
but it's something I can live with. Also, it's cheap to license--only $125
for a 6 CPU HP3000. I created a command file that leverages the power of
MPEX to automatically convert all report spoolfiles attached to a particular
job to PDF format, then sends an e-mail to the target enduser notifying them
that their report is ready for viewing. Clicking on the link in the e-mail
directs the end user to the PDF (sitting in a folder on my Apache-enabled
e3000). Anyone who wants a copy of this command file, please e-mail me and
I'd be happy to send it your way. If someone wants to volunteer to post the
command file to their website so that it's accessible to all, that's OK with
me, too. Keep in mind the command file uses the excellent MAIL program from
TELAMON, which in turn requires an SMTP-relay capable e-mail server.
Eben Yong
Health Plan of San Mateo
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Tracy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Text to pdf Printing-- OctoPDF
Txt2pdf coupled with a shareware item called SF2HTML
will do it for a mere hundred bucks. All you need to do
afterwards is edit out the html tags.
BT
NNNN
Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legault, Raymond D [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Text to pdf Printing-- OctoPDF
>
>
> Hi
>
> I looked at this product below. It was working in about 15 minutes.
>
> You can use LPR to copy the line printer reports to the server (PC).
>
> It then automatically converts the spool file to PDF and write it to a
> directory.
>
> Costs about $700 - $800
>
> It can handle a 500,000 PAGE report.
>
> Pretty cool product.
>
> Another site I know took one look and will buy a copy.
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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