Printing an XSTRING in ABAP

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In my ABAP program I have an XSTRING that contains a PDF document. This XSTRING was returned by a web service. In the debugger, if I download the contents of the XSTRING and save it as a PDF I can open it and print it. However, I need to be able to send the XSTRING to a printer in my ABAP program. Is this possible? Do I need to convert the XSTRING to some other format first?
Thank you,
Edited by: Matt on Dec 22, 2008 7:40 AM

I was able to to solve my problem with printing ZPL code. The fix was to use a smartform and pass the zpl code to the smart form and print it. However, I still can't print a PDF. I tried using the smartform in the same way as the ZPL, but it didn't work. What format does the data have to be in when it is passed to the smartform? Binary, PDF, OTF?
Binary Data:
255044462D312E320D0A352030206F626A0D0A3C3C0D0A2F54797065202F584F626A6563740D0A2F53756274797065202F496D6167650D0A2F4E616D65202F536E6F77626F756E64300D0A2F576964746820313730300D0A2F48656967687420323230300D0A2F42697473506572436F6D706F6E656E7420310D0A2F436F6C6............
PDF Data:
%PDF-1.2
5 0 obj
<<
/Type /XObject
/Subtype /Image
/Name /Snowbound0
/Width 1700
/Height 2200
/BitsPerComponent 1
/ColorSpace /DeviceGray
/Filter /CCITTFaxDecode
/DecodeParms <<
/K -1
/Columns 1700 /Rows 2200
/EndOfBlock false
/EndOfLine false
/EncodedByteAlign false
>>
/Length 6 0 R
>>
stream..................
Edited by: Tony Raimo on Jan 6, 2009 2:51 AM

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