Ot; Old Wish list requests

[Kenneth Brody]

On 8/5/2018 12:31 AM, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.

Not sure that you mean by a "multistep process", as you can simply set the 
destination to "PDF:[print]" on Windows, or "PDF:|command_to_print" on *nix.

-- 
Kenneth Brody


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