[U2] Print Wizard teaser

Hi all, With all the conversation on printing and related topics, let me mention what's in the pipeline. Some of this was described and demonstrated at the recent Spectrum conference, but most of you weren't there. So... We will soon be going to beta with Print Wizard 4.0. This major release h

[U2] Print Wizard on Linux (was Re: Code 128 Soft Font)

On Wed, 19 May 2010, Glen B wrote: > > Bob, > > Let me also extend an offer to help with general development off-hours, if > you're willing to work with GPL libs for open development. > ... Thanks for the offer. But you haven't said what Print Wizard features you want, exactly. Let me give

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Bob, Let me also extend an offer to help with general development off-hours, if you're willing to work with GPL libs for open development. I'm sure Artifex will be happy to work out a commercial distribution deal for their Ghostscript offerings. I've dealt with the GS devs on many occasion

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

I'm not going to get into any disagreement about Linux vs Windows. But a Linux solution for anything is very expensive, time-wise. If you have the time it's cheap. What they say is true; the easy is hard and the hard is doable in Linux, the easy is easy and the hard is $99.95 in Windows. Pi

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Bill, Wow, it looks like I started a small war here. That wasn't my intent - well, maybe a little, just to keep the blood pumping. I am putting the source at the end of this email, as some people don't or can't receive attachments. It's not too long. If you, or anyone else, knows how, please

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

So $199 for Windows 7 Pro, plus $100 for the $100 for the software. Now if there a Unix/Linux shop, give them 2-4 hours to setup the windows VM and appropriate firewall settings, etc. A couple of hours to properly work out how to use the software and the few hours a year of administration for the

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

On Wed, 19 May 2010, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message , Bob > Rasmussen writes > >On Wed, 19 May 2010, charles_shaf...@ntn-bower.com wrote: > > ... > >It is quite easy to set up one or more Windows machines as print servers, > >running Print Wizard, and feed them from Unix or Linux. This i

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

In message , Bob Rasmussen writes On Wed, 19 May 2010, charles_shaf...@ntn-bower.com wrote: >> You refer to our Print Wizard product. No, we don't have a Linux version. Any plans to develop a Unix version? All of our servers run on Unix. Some of our workstations too. The same issue exists

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Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Bob, You don't directly use a printer driver to generate content for other printers, so what you suggest is a little misleading. I understand the Microsoft printing interface having done some coding myself. There are drawing and publishing libraries out there that will do what you want and produ

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

I'll pipe in here, just to be fair. If you have pretty much any kind of printing to do, get PrintWizard. It is well worth the time and effort. We took a very difficult (i.e. many different ways to accomplish the same thing) task of converting reports to ".pdf", and found the simplest, most d

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Charlie: Why don't you post the code on the U2 wiki, if you can figure out how, or on Pickwiki. Bill Charlie Noah said the following on 5/18/2010 7:41 PM: Marc, If you are using a small Laserjet or a 9050, why spend ex

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

On Wed, 19 May 2010, Glen Batchelor wrote: > > Just about everything gets converted to PostScript by CUPS and filters, so > I don't follow you. My understanding is that CUPS deals with things at a job level, but not at a graphical element level. So for instance, if I have a TIF file I can fe

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

On Wed, 19 May 2010, charles_shaf...@ntn-bower.com wrote: > >> You refer to our Print Wizard product. No, we don't have a Linux > version. > > Any plans to develop a Unix version? All of our servers run on Unix. Some > of our workstations too. The same issue exists on Unix, so no. It is quit

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Just about everything gets converted to PostScript by CUPS and filters, so I don't follow you. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com B

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

>> You refer to our Print Wizard product. No, we don't have a Linux version. Any plans to develop a Unix version? All of our servers run on Unix. Some of our workstations too. Charles Shaffer Senior Analyst NTN-Bower Corporation Bob Rasmussen Sent by: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

On Wed, 19 May 2010, Glen Batchelor wrote: > > Do you have a "server" version for Linux yet? You refer to our Print Wizard product. No, we don't have a Linux version. Printer drivers on Linux are far less powerful than those on Windows. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Sof

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Do you have a "server" version for Linux yet? Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

Thanks for all of the input. I think that I will go ahead and try the barcode basic program first and go from there. But will have to look at the Print Wizard program or similar type program for future reporting options Thanks again! marc Marc Caminiti IS Manager Nashbar Direct, Inc 6103 State

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

> If you have to write "a lot" of PCL code then a product like print wizards seems a good investment, though. Put it this way - how much does your time cost your employer? If you roll your own it is going to take you a day to mess around with code, look up the printer escape sequences in manuals,

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

I had my first encounter with barcode printing when laser printers where expensive and everybody was still using lineflow on line- or dot matrix printers. I wrote Basic code to print barcodes on a Panasonic dot matrix printer using graphics mode once for a client. It was a real pain since you could