Re: Printing to an ASCII printer, HP 2235

["Marc Zylka" <mzylka@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean and Paul, thanks for the info.  I'll try it tomorrow.  We may must buy
some low end Printronix printers with IGP to handle the printing if
this isn't worked out by the end of the week.  This Esc sequence stuff
seems a pain compared to creating a printer file with the specs defined.

Marc Zylka ( mzylka@netpath.net )

>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.
>


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