RPM How To Portal

How to do "you name it" in RPM

Print a text file 

Transforms Actions
Text markup, experiment with the settings Text print, select a printer, do printer setup

Some people have problems getting this to work the way they expect.

 

Convert plain text to PDF 

Transforms Actions
Text markup, experiment with the settings Typically archive, email or both

 

Convert SCS to PDF 

Transforms Actions
SCS to Text markup Typically archive, email or both

 

Print SCS to a Windows printer

Transforms Actions
  1. SCS (produces text markup)
  2. (optional) COR, if the SCS print job does not specify lines and columns
 Text print

 

Print SCS directly on an HP printer

Transforms Actions
  1. SCS (produces text markup)
  2. Text markup to PCL
 Raw print

 

Convert SCS to plain text, leave it in a folder

Transforms Actions
  1. SCS (produces text markup)
  2. Remove text markup
 Archive

 

View a print job in notepad 

No transforms are necessary. Go to the Jobs view, select Job Archive and turn on job retention. When you are done experimenting, turn off the job archive.

Transforms Actions
None Filter action:
  1. Enter credentials
  2. Command: browse for notepad.exe, usually in c:\windows\system32
  3. Arguments: %s
  4. Working folder: any temp folder
  5. select Interactive

 

Change input trays in a PCL file

Transforms Actions
String translate:
Search: \x1b&l\dH
Replace: \x1b&l#H
Use Regex: Checked
where # in the Replace is in the range [0-6] and is device dependent. 

Note: we bolded the \d in the search string to make this point. This matches any single digit. You can use the above to map any input tray to the number you specify in the replace string.

 Raw print

 

Change output bins in a PCL file

Transforms Actions
String translate:
Search: \x1b&l\dG
Replace: \x1b&l#G
Use Regex: Checked
where # in the Replace is in the range [0-11] and is device dependent.		 Raw print

 

Skip the banner page and convert my report to PDF

This method lets you skip past the first form feed. For other processing options see the Page Range FAQ.

Transforms Actions
  1. Remove Until, Search: \f (use the FF button)
  2. Remove Lines, Number of lines: 1
  3. Text markup
  4. Text markup to PDF
 Archive