Re: Printing to an ASCII printer, HP 2235

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Marc,

In a message dated 98-02-04 16:05:41 EST, you write, in part:

> I've been trying to print to an HP 2235 (an old printer) but I haven't had
>  much luck. I can send it a text string and it'll print but I've also been
>  trying to send Escape sequence to change the printer settings.
>  This hasn't worked, yet.  Here is the current setup:
>  * printer is hooked up to the serial port of an HP Jetdirect
>  * I've created an output on the AS/400 to be used over TCP/IP.  I forget 
> what I used as a manufacturer's model, I think HP500.

<<snip>>

Paul Tykodi wrote, in part:

>  The AS/400 supports a feature called ASCII transparency. It is the 
> foundation which the Host Print Transform facility was built upon. The SCS 
> code 03 followed by a count byte invokes the feature. 
>  
>  As an example, if you wanted to send the HP PCL laser printer language 
> command for portrait orientation, you could code the values 03 05 1B 26 6C
30 
> 4F into your application.
<<snip>>

Agreed with everything Paul says.  You might also want to drop the
"manufacturer" configuration in favor of 3812.  We installed some JetDirect-
attached printers after our initial implementation of all TCP/IP via NetWare,
and found out from JetDirect that certain functions only worked if the
printers were configured as 3812's to the AS/400.

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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