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PCL Printer Emulation - Font and Macro Caching

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 »

Run RPM 5.x as a non-privileged user

Problem:  RPM Remote Print Manager® 5.x runs as the local System account by default. In some rare circumstances, it may be desirable to run RPM as a non-privileged user account. This can create permissions-related complications and file access. Read more »

FAQ: How to view the RPM NT 2.3.0.2 logfile

Question: When I try to open the RPM Remote Print Manager® for Windows NT logfile using a different program, such as Microsoft Excel, all I see is garbage. What application(s) can I open the logfiles in? Read more »

FAQ: Print to a specific tray using PCL

Question: I need to print IPDS print jobs to a specific source drawer (paper input tray) on my printer. How do I know on which tray the job will be printed? Read more »

FAQ: The username on the banner is SYSTEM

Problem: Whenever I print to RPM Remote Print Manager® for Windows NT, the Microsoft PostScript separator page always prints the username as "SYSTEM". How can I make the proper username print out? Read more »

FAQ: How to capture the control file?

Question: How do I capture the control file in RPM Remote Print Manager® version 2.2? Read more »

FAQ: Copy Queue Information from PC-to-PC

Question: How do I copy queue information from one PC to another? Read more »

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