PCL

PCL Printer Emulation - Font and Macro Caching

Submitted by Dan Casper on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 13:11

For most people, printing is a two step process:

  1. Click the Print button.
  2. Retrieve the print out. 

Unfortunately, it's not always that simple.  When you get into the world of networked printers, mainframe formats, and print language conversion there is a lot more than meets the eye.  Today's question was whether or not RPM Remote Print Manager could emulate a networked PCL printer.  Specifically, can RPM cache fonts and macros that are sent as separate print jobs and convert them to PDF. Read more »

RPM Support for System i

History

RPM Remote Print Manager® was introduced in 1995, nearly the same time IBM started to offer native TCP/IP support on mainframes and the AS/400.  Read more »

FAQ: A small box and "E" print on every page

Problem: I am printing text data, and I get a small box and capital E on every page (or other "garbage" characters). I even selected "remove control characters before printing" but it didn't help. Read more »

FAQ: PCL code is printing through raw queue

Problem: PCL codes are showing in my print job and I am using a "raw" type queue. Read more »

FAQ: How do I use broadcast printing?

Question: I want to utilize the broadcast printing feature in INTELLIscribe®. What are the requirements and how do you configure the Virtual Printer Port? Read more »

FAQ: Printing to an HP 5 causes SPOOL32 error

Question: I get a Spool32 error message printing to an HP LaserJet 5 printer. Read more »

FAQ: Can ExcelliPrint convert SCS to PDF?

Question: Can ExcelliPrint receive SCS files and create a PDF file from them? Read more »

FAQ: Send plain text from the AS/400

Question: I want to receive a print job in RPM from an AS/400 without any printer control characters. Is this possible? Read more »

FAQ: My new HP printer does not support internal fonts

Question: My new HP printer has many internal fonts. The problem is, in the RPM Remote Print Manager® "TEXT" queue setup, these fonts cannot be selected. What can I do if I want to use internal fonts with my printer? Read more »

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