Printronix Shift Out Control Character

[fdenoncourt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I am trying to create a Maxicode for a UPS shipping label requirement using an
externally described printer file which passes data to a Printronix printer. The
Printronix manual defines commands in their IGP/PGL language which I have been
able to translate to DDS using an existing DDS source which prints barcodes.
However, this existing source does not appear to require any control characters
besides the SFCC (special function control character). The Maxicode requires a
shift out in the data stream - plus several others including record  and field
separators. The SFCC is '¬'. The control character must be an unprintable
character.

From the manual:
 'The non-printable control characters can be generated by using theswitch
characters defined in Table 5?11.
NOTE: If a Shift Out Character <pp> has to be part of the data stream, enter the
character twice.
NOTE: <pp> = Shift Out Character.
SO     =   <pp>.

Table 1?5. ASCII Conversion Table
SO
14   decimal
0E   hex
0001110binary       '

Is there an ASCII vs EBCDIC problem here, also?

Tried sending the hex value first:
  1'MAXICODE;32;27'
   SPACEA(1)
  1'"999840068107317'
 17TRNSPY X'0E'
 18';THIS IS A SECOND"'

The following is one last ditch attempt.
 1'¬NORMAL'
  SPACEA(1)
 1'¬CREATE;MAXI'
  SPACEA(1)

 1'BARCODE'
  SPACEA(1)

 1'MAXICODE;32;27'
  SPACEA(1)
 1'*999840068107317|+
   mTHIS IS A SECOND*'
Does anyone have any experience with this????
Thank you,
Fran Denoncourt


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