Creating PDF documents

[Rich Bordewick]

Hi,

I create some very nice printed purchase orders for vendors using PCL macros for laser printer output.  The purchasing dept would like to have this output changed to PDF files to email to vendors.

I can create Word documents using HTML when emailing, can PDF files be created using HTML?

Can PDF files be created using OpenVms?

Any suggestions on good software that can be used to do this?

OpenVms V8.3-1H1 on Itanium.

Thanks,

Rich

[Volker Halle]

Rich,

the HTMLDOC tool can create PDF files from HTML files on OpenVMS.

You can find it on the OpenVMS Freeware V7 or inside the HP T4 tool.

Volker.

[Rich Bordewick]

Thanks, will  have a look.

[Rich Bordewick]

Is this HTMLDOC freeware something that I can send PCL commands to to create a PDF document?

Thanks

[MarkOfAus]

No.

Read: https://www.msweet.org/projects.php?Z1

For PCL you would have to use GhostPCL. It's open source, LGPL but you've got to port it to VMS.

http://www.ghostscript.com/GhostPCL.html

and source (down the bottom):

http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gpcldnld.html

[Rich Bordewick]

thanks

[Rich Bordewick]

Does anyone have experience with openvms and a program called PCL2PDF?

[MarkOfAus · Accepted solution]

They have an evaluation version available so try it out.

[Rich Bordewick]

Thanks,

Ventured into territory I had not been in before.  The evaluation works fine with a little tweeking on my side.