Back on the VSE Listserv, we have had a lot of discussions about generating PDF files under VSE.
Now it is time to get educated about generating PDF files under Linux/390. Is there software available for such a process? I'm thinking about routing printouts to Linux and have a Regina process pick it up, do the PDF conversion and send it along its way. Doable? Second tangent, is there software that can use PDF files and drive an IP attached printer? And no, I don't mean something that has a gui screen front end, but something that can be executed within Regina. Application for this is.... We have been looking at creating green bar overlays for some printouts (ok so it will be grey bar). RSCS has a limit of 255 characters that can be used as a setup string. VSE also has that limit, but you can optionally code the setup string in an assembler program, and use that table. This works, but I need to cycle the IP stack to make any of these changes. Not the best option. So, I'm looking at sending the printouts to another service machine (it may end up being a VSE service machine, or it could be a Linux one). I would rather it be under RSCS, but RSCS doesn't seem to want to play. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting
