Re: Controlling HP printing & Print-Image

[Nathan Treadway <nathant@ONTKO.COM>]

> 1.  Print an image on a report   (using PRINT-IMAGE in eps format)
>
> 2.  Control HP laserjet5si printer for SIMPLEX and PAPER TRAY (using ENCODE
> and PRINT-DIRECT)
>
>
> I can accomplish item #1 when I use  -PRINTER:PS
>
> I can accomplish item #2 when i use -PRINTER:HP
>
>
> QUESTION:  How do I control the printer and print an image in the same SQR ?
>
> Does my image need to be in HPGL format ?  If so how do I convert my EPS
> file?

You do need to have both the image and the page control in the same format.
If you aren't able to find a way to convert the image from EPS to HPGL, you
may be able to find in the printer documentation the postscript commands
needed to control the paper feed the way you want.  Then you'd
"print-direct printer=ps" those postscript commands (and leave the
"print-image" using the EPS file).  You might also be able to put the page
control postscript commands as part of the init-string in a "declare-printer
type=ps" paragraph, though I haven't tried that.


                                                Nathan
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