RE: How to print hexadecimal on a printer

I have created labels from RPG on the iSeries to print barcodes and other
labels for various Sato, TSC, and Zebra printers. It has been a while since
I have done a completely new printer and label from scratch though. My role
in this is mostly the programming the labels with the hardware and Queue
setup was someone else. Steps that we did the (from memory) are :

1: Taken a spool of the label from a PC program or another source and opened
it up in Note++ to see all the Escape codes and Hex, etc.
2: Duplicate the spool file output in RPG Obviously allowing for passed
information and also adding Printer Speed, Head Temperature, Number of
Labels, Auto Incrementing if needed, Peel and Present if needed, and any
other printer specific printer parameters. Nothing special done when
compiling. Just the default parameters.
3: For each printer created an Out Queue on the 400 and if necessary change
the settings for OUTQ for the printer to work.
4: Lots of testing

The Cutter option if your code is outputting the HEX Code correctly may
require Host Print Transform on the Printer Definition for that to work.


-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
orlando misas
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:15 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: How to print hexadecimal on a printer

Hi,

I need to print to an epson TM-m30 printer from an rpg program. On the last
line I must print these hexadecimals x'1D'x'E5'x'F1 '(equivalent to ascii
x'1D'x'56'x'31') to cut the printer paper. When I generate the information
to a db2 table and transfer it to notepad ++ I find that the last line has
the ascii characters

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which is correct and is what I need. When I generate the spool into a
printer file in iSeries and print it, the paper is not cut. When printing
the spool in hexadecimal characters the last line has the hexadecimals 20
56 31 and should be 1D 56 31. The spool file is compiled with DEVTYPE * SCS
and RPLUNPRT * NO. The iSeries is 7.3.
Does anyone have a recommendation? . Thank you.

Orlando Misas





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