Your needs
Produce and distribute my documents,
without rewriting my programs
Invoices, delivery notes, statements: your IBM i output becomes polished PDFs that are sent, archived and ready for e-invoicing. Depending on your starting point, we either take your spool files as they are or design new documents.
Questions from IT managers
What you ask us about your printed output
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Distribution
My invoices still go out on paper. Can we e-mail them as PDFs without touching the programs?
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Yes. PHL Spool starts from the spool file your application already produces, adds a page background and e-mails it. Recipients can come from an SQL query. Not a single line of code to write.
E-invoicing
How can we produce Factur-X invoices from the IBM i?
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PHL Spool generates the XML from the spool file’s fields and embeds it in the PDF, as PDF/A-3 compliant with the EN 16931 standard, in the BASIC, BASIC WL and MINIMUM profiles.
Archiving
Can we find all of a customer’s invoices in a few seconds?
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Each document is indexed in DB2 from its own fields (customer, date, number). Searches are run from the web interface, and the PDFs are stored in the IFS or on a remote server.
Printing
Workshops and warehouses still need to print. Can we keep our printers?
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Yes. PHL Spool prints automatically to an output queue or in PostScript 3 via SFTP, with conditional printing and a set number of copies per template.
Design
I want to redo my documents: logo, colours, barcodes, a polished layout.
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PHL Print turns your PRTFs into graphical documents designed to the pixel in PHL Studio: page backgrounds, dynamic images, barcodes, conditional colours. The RPG that produces the data does not change.
Web application
Can we display an invoice or a delivery note on screen, straight from the application?
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With PHL Print, the document is displayed on screen in PHL Web, sent by e-mail, or split by keyword so each recipient gets their part.
Two solutions
Reuse what exists or design something new
The two work together: PHL Spool to distribute what already comes out right away, PHL Print for the documents that deserve a redesign.
PHL Spool
Reuse your existing spool files, with no development
We start from the SCS spool file your application already produces. A template adds a page background, then indexes, archives and distributes it: printing, e-mail, storage, web portal, Factur-X. Templates are configured in a graphical interface, without touching the programs.
Who it’s for
IT departments that want to go paperless quickly for invoices, delivery notes and statements, and move to e-invoicing without opening the code.
PHL Print
Design graphical documents, to the pixel
Your printer files become real graphical documents, designed in the PHL Studio WYSIWYG editor. The document is compiled into native RPG: it is displayed in PHL Web, sent by e-mail, and supports barcodes, dynamic images and text entered at run time.
Who it’s for
Teams that want a polished layout, new documents, or their printed output displayed in the web application.
How to get started
Start with one document, not a project
01
A first document, on a real spool file
Together we choose the document that matters most, often the invoice. We build its template on one of your real spool files, not on a mock-up.
02
The distribution rules
For this document, we decide where it goes: printer, e-mail, indexed archive, Factur-X. Your other output keeps coming out as before.
03
Document by document
We extend to delivery notes, statements and other output at your teams’ pace, and move to PHL Print for the documents that deserve a redesign.