Ot; Old Wish list requests

[Bob Rasmussen]

See below.

On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list wrote:

> On 3/23/2018 12:41 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
>> Hell, how about emulation of PCL5 -> PCL6, so people can buy any old
>> printer they want.  Finding affordable PCL5 printers has become a challenge
>> in the last decade or so.
> [...]
>
> Given that PCL5 and PCL6 are as compatible as C++ and COBOL, I don't see any 
> point in "emulating" PCL5-->PCL6.  However, given that filePro has been able 
> to generate PDF files for some time now, I would suggest that you just use 
> that route.
>
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody

Outputting PDF reports doesn't easily address the issue of printing to 
non-PCL printers. It's still a multistep process.

Print Wizard can take PCL6 in and render to any Windows-supported printer, 
with no user actions.

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