Re: Overlay, HPT question

Pat,

Without using the API, how could I create a stream file
containing the PCL?  If there is an easier way, I'm all
ears.

As for the other comment, the overlay contains text of a
different font (smaller, different typestyle).  If there are
any blanks between works in this text, the character @ is
replaced.

It's like it's not doing the EBCDIC to ASCII conversion
correctly for text inside of an overlay.

Brad
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:28:34 -0400
 Pat Barber <mboceanside@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> You "might" be trying too hard... why are you using the
> API
> in lieu of letting the system do the HPT ??? I'm not
> familar
> with the sample program, is it using the API ???
>
> Brad Stone wrote:
> >
> > Alright, so I decided to goof around with AFP spooled
> files
> > and overlays and PCL and stuff.  :)
> >
> > Anyhow, I'm using IBM's sampler from their AFP info web
> > page.  Program INVNEW1 creates an invoice.  When I
> create
> > PCL out of this (using host print transform API), and
> > transfer it to my PC things look good except for one
> thing.
> >
> > In the overlay, it looks like some certain characters
> aren't
> > getting converted correctly.  For example a space
> becomes a
> > @, a period becomes a weird "K", and a few others like
> > colons and dashes are also converted weird.  But this
> is
> > only in the text that is part of the overlay.
> >
> > I have used a few different WSCST objects for the
> conversion
> > and still everything comes out like that.
> >
> > As an example, the text:
> >
> > Ship Via:
> >
> > Comes out as:
> >
> > Ship@Viaz
> >
> > I've pretty much traced this to the transform and not
> ftp
> > process.  I'm using the host print transform API to do
> this.
> > Any ideas?  Even where to start looking?
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Bradley V. Stone
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