RE: [U2] Graphic Printing
James A second blatant ad in two emails ... ad You might want to take a look at mvPDF. Despite the name, as well as producing PDFs it also supports direct printing of content, including full font handling with real time metrics, image handling within the content or using either watermark pages or merge forms, PCL support and a load of other features. You can download an evaluation copy from www.brianleach.co.uk. /ad Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James F Thompson Sent: 03 January 2008 23:43 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Graphic Printing Does anyone have a suggestion for doing graphical printing from Windows and Aix? I need to be able to embed dynamic images (i.e. Division logo, Shipping label), along with form data. We are using Universe. James F Thompson Senior System Analyst Cypress Business Solutions 678.494.9353 x1410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cypressesolutions.com http://www.cypressesolutions.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Graphic Printing
It's not quite true that HP-GL/2 is in all HP laser printers... Although it predates PCL/5, when that came out with the LaserJet III, it was included as a subset. So it's not found on LaserJet IIs or Is (anybody still got any?), and it should also be found any recent laser (or inkjet) that claims HP compatibility with PCL/5 or 6. Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill Sent: 04 January 2008 15:12 To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: RE: [U2] Graphic Printing 1. For perhaps 20 years here we have been using HP-GL/2. What follows is the UniBasic Source Code for an example program. I believe that HP-GL/2 lives in every HP laser printer, but not on most inkjets. Thus, except for development time, HP-GL/2 is free. There is plenty of HP documentation on HP-GL/2. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Graphic Printing
1. For perhaps 20 years here we have been using HP-GL/2. What follows is
the UniBasic Source Code for an example program. I believe that HP-GL/2
lives in every HP laser printer, but not on most inkjets. Thus, except for
development time, HP-GL/2 is free. There is plenty of HP documentation on
HP-GL/2.
2. In my former Epicor.com Avante SB+ life, we bought a 3rd party tool via
Epicor from Optio .com (a big forms software company in Atlanta). I found
Optio to be robust... and more than respectable.
Regards,
--Bill
*---
$OPTIONS A
AM = char(254)
VM = char(253)
SVM = char(252)
CLR = @(-1) : STR(char(0),3)
equate true to 1, false to 0
gosub Set.Dimensions
open 'CM'to F.CMelse null
open 'IM'to F.IMelse null
open 'JOB.ROUTE' to F.JOB.ROUTE else null
open 'OP'to F.OPelse null
open 'PPAP' to F.PPAP else null
open 'ROUTE.REMARKS' to F.RRelse null
open 'ROUTE.OPS' to F.ROelse null
open 'SHIP.TO' to F.SHIP.TO else null
open 'SOD' to F.SOD else null
open 'SOH' to F.SOH else null
open 'VOC' to F.VOC else null
open 'WOH' to F.WOH else null
*---
---
EOJ = 0
gosub Clear.Variables
common PORT
PORT = @USERNO
TEMP.COMMAND = 'TEMP.COMMAND.':PORT
input SO.ID
read R.WOH from F.WOH, SO.ID else null
HK.PN = R.WOH31
read R.Router from F.RR, HK.PN else null
PPAP = true
read R.PPAP from F.PPAP, HK.PN else PPAP = false
close F.PPAP
gosub EXTRACT.JOB.INFO
gosub FORMAT.Part.Description
call *PRINTER.SETUP.R2('Portrait')
Z = 1
call *INIT.LASER.PRINTER( GRAPHIC, PORTRAIT, REGULAR, UPPER)
print char(27):'%0A'
print char(27):'l1X' ;* 1X is for the number of copies
print char(27):'%0B'
gosub Print.Form
call *EJECT.PAGE
gosub RESET.BACK
printer OFF
printer CLOSE
execute 'STD.SP.ASSIGN'
execute 'RESET.PRINTER'
go The.End
*---
-
Clear.Variables:
Created= ''
Cust.Part = ''
Cust.Rev = ''
Cust.Name = ''
DESC = ''
D.Message = ''
Page.count = 0
HK.PN = ''
HK.Rev = ''
Last.Date = ''
Line.Hgt = ''
Line.Pg= ''
Line.Hgt = ''
Machine= ''
Message= ''
Op.Desc= ''
OP.Code= ''
P.Message = ''
Qty.Compl = ''
Seq.ID = ''
Seq.Note.1 = ''
Seq.Note.2 = ''
Seq.Note.3 = ''
Total.Pages = 0
X = 1
return
*---
-
Set.Dimensions:
DETAIL.AREA.HGT = 7.5
Detail.Ht = 0.6 ;* Note.Ht * 3
INDENT= 0.5 ;* Headers
Message.Len = 7.8
HK.PN.Len = 1.0
HK.Rev.Len= 0.9
Cust.Name.Len = 2.5
Cust.Part.Len = 1.5
Cust.Rev.Len = 1.0
Created.Len = 1.0
SO.ID.Len = 1.0
Op.Desc.Len = 1.0 ;* Details
OP.BAR.Len= 1.5
Last.Mod.Len = 1.5
Machine.Len = 0.5
Notes.Len = 5.1
Note.Ht = 0.2
Seq.Nbr.Len = 0.5
Initials.Len = 0.8
DETAIL.HEAD.EXTRA.Len.Len = 0.7
return
*---
-
Print.Form:
call *HK.LOGO(0, 8.7, 1.25 )
call *TITLE.TEXT( 3.0, 9.5, 'R', 'T', '', 30, 'Router')
X.Now = 5.0
Ht = 0.3
Wide = 1.5
Font = 14
call *ONE.LINE.TEXT.BOX(X.Now,10.0, Wide, Ht, 2,'Y','C','', Font, 'Sales
Order')
call *ONE.LINE.TEXT.BOX(X.Now, 9.7, Wide, Ht, 0,'Y','C','', Font, SO.ID)
Font = 36
if PPAP = true then call *ONE.LINE.TEXT.BOX(X.Now, 9.35, Wide, Ht,
0,'N','C','', Font, PPAP)
Font = 14
X.Now += Wide
call *ONE.LINE.TEXT.BOX(X.Now,10.0, Wide, Ht, 2, 'Y', 'C', '', Font, 'HK
PN')
call *ONE.LINE.TEXT.BOX(X.Now, 9.7, Wide, Ht, 0, 'Y', 'C', '', Font,
HK.PN)
Y.Now = 9.4
Ht= 0.2
Font = 8
read R.RR from F.RR, HK.PN else null
R = R.RR1
Last.Rec = count(R,VM) + 1
Last.Mod = R.RR1,Last.Rec
Last.Mod.A = Last.Mod[1,5]
Last.Mod.F = oconv(Last.Mod.A, 'D4')
call *ONE.LINE.TEXT.BOX(X.Now,Y.Now, Wide, Ht, 1, 'Y', 'C', '',Font,
Rev'd :Last.Mod.F); X.Now += HK.PN.Len
*---
RE: [U2] Graphic Printing
We are using a middleware product by a company called FormsMaster to do this in the UK The scripting language for it is a bit hit and miss and the architecture is a bit messy but the end product is great Put out what you like with it Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James F Thompson Sent: 03 January 2008 23:43 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Graphic Printing Does anyone have a suggestion for doing graphical printing from Windows and Aix? I need to be able to embed dynamic images (i.e. Division logo, Shipping label), along with form data. We are using Universe. James F Thompson Senior System Analyst Cypress Business Solutions 678.494.9353 x1410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cypressesolutions.com http://www.cypressesolutions.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete the material from your computer. This message will be protected by copyright. If it has come to you in error, you must not take any action based on its contents nor must you copy or show the message to any person other than the intended recipient. _ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Graphic Printing
We used UniData and we used postscript(pcl) codes in our programming where then the printer then interrupts that character as a graphic and prints as so [CHAR(x)]. We used this for our checks were our logo, and signed name is printed on blank checks and the data is also writing to the check as well (who, amount, check #, etc...). I believe the company name was Troy. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James F Thompson Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:43 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Graphic Printing Does anyone have a suggestion for doing graphical printing from Windows and Aix? I need to be able to embed dynamic images (i.e. Division logo, Shipping label), along with form data. We are using Universe. James F Thompson Senior System Analyst Cypress Business Solutions 678.494.9353 x1410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cypressesolutions.com http://www.cypressesolutions.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Graphic Printing
You might include raster graphics inside the spool job. We use it a lot. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James F Thompson Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:43 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Graphic Printing Does anyone have a suggestion for doing graphical printing from Windows and Aix? I need to be able to embed dynamic images (i.e. Division logo, Shipping label), along with form data. We are using Universe. James F Thompson Senior System Analyst Cypress Business Solutions 678.494.9353 x1410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cypressesolutions.com http://www.cypressesolutions.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Graphic Printing
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, James F Thompson wrote: Does anyone have a suggestion for doing graphical printing from Windows and Aix? I need to be able to embed dynamic images (i.e. Division logo, Shipping label), along with form data. We are using Universe. Please take a look at our Print Wizard product. You send your Pick-generated printfile to Print Wizard (by one of several means), and it does all the heavy lifting. For the scenario you have described, there are two possible approaches: 1) Build an overlay file, that has your logo and other static data to be printed on every page, using Word, Excel, Publisher, or whatever. Export as EMF, or print-to-file as PCL-5. Tell PW to use this as an overlay. From Universe, send your print job as either plain text or PCL-5. OR 2) Alter your program to output a bit of Print Wizard Markup Language (PWML) at the beginning of the job, telling PW to draw an image (IMG) at the correct place on the page. PWML is similar to HTML. The output of PW can be printout on any printer (not necessarily PCL-5), PDF, PDF-and-email-it, fax, TIF, or TIF-and-email-it. A demo version is on the web site below. And we're eager to help. (This is not a Pick-only product, so there's a lot of general information in the documentation. We can help you weed through that.) Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
