We use PlanetPress Suite from Objectif Lune: http://www.objectiflune.com/OL/en-CA/Products/PlanetPressSuite/Index.asp x
It truly is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's ALMOST as good as beer. Considering what it does, it is cheap. I'd say it would be cheap at twice the cost. The company has excellent support, and are VERY responsive to requests. We use the PlanetPress design tool to create forms and PlanetWatch to merge data with the forms and spool the resultant PostScript to the printer. Depending on your situation, it may be better to download the forms to the printers and send the data only. Our old/old and old/new forms generation solutions were nroff and groff (ditroff for the hardcore). We use the same method to extract data for forms/notices. Some become data files to be .so'd into nroff/groff documents. The 'new/new' forms get shipped to the PlanetWatch server via lpr. Watch merges the data with the form and sends to the specified printer, creates a PDF archive using PlanetPress Image. Designing forms is a snap. If you are lazy, or the form is complicated, simply drag a PDF of the original form into the design tool. Watch can accept inputs via lp, ftp, e-mail attachments, telnet, as an HTTP server or client, as a SOAP client, and more. We currently send jobs from our UV server (Solaris) via lp and ftp jobs from the IBM main frame. It's our Swiss (Canadian?) Army Knife for printing/imaging. I can not speak highly enough about the software or Objectif Lune. Download a demo and kick the tires. You will be impressed. http://www.objectiflune.com/OL/en-CA/Download/Demo/PlanetPressSuite.aspx Mark Hennessey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Stennette Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:41 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] forms / imaging / doc overlay software Hello U2 group, Anyone out there using and / or have a recommendation for a forms imaging / document overlay software package that runs in a Universe / AIX environment. Goal being to use the software rather than buy pre-printed forms. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Terry ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
