Crystal Report print to PCL file needs to contain searchable text

Hi,
I am using VS(2005) and Crystal Report XI R2 .net Service pack 4.  I need to be able to create a pcl file that contains text information on the first page that needs to be parsed and read by another application.  However, I am not able to use a generic/text only pcl driver to do this because the remainder of the report (page 2 on) needs to contain lines and table borders as if it were printed to paper from the printer.  The report/print to file driver I have configured will produce a pcl file that meets my requirements when I print from Crystal XI R2 but when I use either the .Net view or I print directly form code all of the text in the pcl file is contained in an image. 
Any suggestions on ways I can resolve this issue are greatly appreciated.
Greg

The CR.NET uses the .NET Framework print service for sending the output to the printer itself, where the page is sent as an image.  There's no way to alter this behavior within CR.NET.
This is problematic for your task, as well as for tasks that rely embedded fonts or text strings (such as phone dialers, faxes, printer fonts, etc).
Whatever you do, you'd have to do outside of CR.NET
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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