Re: PCL Printer commands

["Delage, Bruno G" <bdelage@KPMG.COM>]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Fetzik, John [mailto:JFetzik@SANDC.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:10 PM
To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
Subject: Re: PCL Printer commands


> Good Morning,

Good Afternoon,

> I've been working on changing the printer definition in a SQR
> from PS to HP.
>
> First does HP and PCL mean the same thing? (i'm under the
> impression it
> does)

PCL is HP's Printer Control Language. There is more then one version of PCL.
So if you are going to use PCL command codes double check what version of
PCL your printer supports. Most newer printers are PCL 5 or 6. Some older
ones may only be PCL 3. The newer versions of PCL are pretty much backwards
compatible, so you can PCL 3 commands to a PCL 6 printer and they will work.

> The change to the code was made and a test ran with the SQR
> Viewer (-ziv)
> on.
> The output looks great in the SQR Viewer, just like the
> postscript printout.
> When I used DOS to copy the .LIS output to the printer it
> seems to have lost
> all the formatting commands.

Make sure you use the /B parameter when using the DOS copy command. This
will send the file as binary instead of text. Depending on the printer
drivers you have sending a file a text can lead to strange results.

John S. Fetzik
S&C Electric Company
773-338-1000 x2763
jfetzik@sandc.com
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