Re: Printing the Euro symbol

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

I haven't had a need to print the euro symbol myself, so I don't kow the 
answer but I'm surprised that you haven't solved this!  I see you've set 
the character id, and it didn't work, but I haven't really noticed any 
other good ideas to try in this thread....?!

Personally, my approach would be to find out what the printer needs to 
print this symbol.  (Maybe by looking what the Word document is 
sending...)  I would also look at what IBM i is sending.  When you know 
what input the printer needs, and know what the IBM i is sending wrong, 
it should be relatively easy to see what is amiss, right?

If it's a simple character translation issue (there's just a simple hex 
value for a character needed, and it's not happening) you can always 
stick some custom code in a WSCST to do the exact translation you need.

If it's more complex than that (you need an escape sequence, for 
example) then you might need to do something more complex like write 
your own "user data transform" exit program.

But, either way... if the printer supports the euro character in the 
font you're using, this should definitely be possible.



On 11/12/2015 10:44 AM, Alan Shore wrote:
> Hi everyone
> Before I forget – we are on V5r4
>
> To cut a long story short – we are having problems printing the Euro symbol (€)  on a number of different printers
> hp LaserJet P4015n
>
> Canon LBP 6780
>
> We can see the Euro symbol when we look at the spool file on the iSeries, but when we print the spool file – it prints as a small box with concave sides
>
> We have managed to print a word document containing the Euro to one of these printers – so we believe that it is NOT the printer
>
> We have the chrid set to 695 1140 on both the printer file and both printers
>
> As always - any answers gratefully accepted
>
> Alan Shore
> E-mail : ASHORE@xxxxxxxx
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