On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Mike Copeland <m...@ggisoft.com> wrote:
> Yep and yep. > > The reports currently output from my application to either paper or PDF, > with PDF being the default. The reason for the PDF is because my users all > LOVE to kill trees and can't imagine life without going through a ream of > paper per day, or more. Seriously. And I say this NOT because I'm a tree > hugger...I just still haven't given up completely on the digital office > dream. > > When I switched all the reports over to PDF I was hoping they would > embrace the concept of "look, here's your report on screen and it looks > EXACTLY like it would on paper! Even better because it's color!" And, if > they are so inclined, they're only a button click away from emailing the > PDF, or (groan) printing it to paper. But even better, you can save the PDF > and refer to it later just like paper. (I think I'm preaching to the choir > here...) > > What they are currently doing is printing, to paper, a report at 8am, then > the same report at 3pm and a girl sits with a ruler on each page, side by > side, looking left/right left/right till she gets cross-eyed and then she > takes a break and another girl sits in her place. (attempt at humor is only > slightly different than reality.) > > I was on-site with this client most of yesterday and after a discussion of > what she was doing I offered to come up with a better way. Now I'm hoping > to just throw $0 or a few bucks at the situation and provide something that > is pretty much the same thing, but faster and more accurate. Thus, my > request for whether anyone was aware of a similar utility. :) > ----------------------- International Paper still prints a banner page on each item out of the printer. I see you and I raise you. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmykfuc9h2_k1kwnbduyw2vubpbgw-lxmdjy7m-rvdh7...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
