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Date:      Thu, 13 May 1999 09:02:29 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Formatting Print Output - FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905130859370.10474-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990512061346.032a63b0@ccsales.com>

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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Randy A. Katz wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I want to create documents like invoices, statements from my FreeBSD box. I
> want to include a logo, font styles, size changes, and perhaps a few shaded
> boxes. 
> 
> How would I do this using PERL which gets the data from the database? Are
> there any print formatting utilities which can be scripted to?

We use a a program to extract the data, and autogenerate a usable
LaTeX file; which is then compiled with latex to produce a dvi file;
which is then printed with dvilj on our HP printers.

No matter how you look at it, there's quite a bit of work involved.

Jonathan Chen
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