Re: Encode fro HP

[Benjamin Le <ble@PCC.EDU>]

Jason,
Another way:
begin-procedure pcl_code
begin-select
CHR(27)||'(s1S'     &print_italic
CHR(27)||'&k0S'     &print_normal
from dual
end-select
end-procedure

Print:
print &print_italic ()
print 'Hello'
print &print_normal ()

Hope will help.

At 10:16 AM 9/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi!,
>   U have to use encode for it , as foll:
>
>encode '<27>(s1p18v1s0b16602T'    into $italic
>encode '<27>(s1p12v0s0b16602T'    into $italic_off
>
>!then if u want to print 'Hello' in italic
>
>print $italic ()
>print 'Hello'
>print $italic_off ()
>
>
>
>Bye
>SSM
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jason Wainwright <JasonW@LIMON.CO.ZA>
>To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS <SQR-USERS@list.iex.net>
>Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 7:35 AM
>Subject: Encode fro HP
>
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Does anyone know how to change the font to italics in an HP.  I'm running
>> SQR workbench 4.1.  The HP manual says the pcl code is s1S .  How do I
>send
>> this to the printer, I have found the manual to be very confusing.


Benjamin Le
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