Thanks a lot Art and Jeremias, I will look at the fonts installed at the printer.I am trying to send the FOP generated PCL through Infoprint server at the mainframe for distributed printing to remote printers ( HP laserjet 4 and 5). As suggested by Art, I am opting for the [x] option time being. . I have created the check box with a table (inside nested table and this works ) but that makes the XSLT code look tedious and difficult to maintain. Thanks again for your time
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:52 AM Subject: RE: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL > Apologies... > > I saw the original message, but have not had time to look into it. > > Just to back Jeremias up, I believe that his answer is correct. > > First thing to do is to print the font list for your printer. This should > (at least most PCL printers do) give the control codes to invoke the font. > If the font list does not give the codes, you may need to refer to your > printer's manuals. Then compare the code the printer expects, to the code > the PCLRenderer would be sending (I think that this is in a function called > setFont or something like that - it has been a long time since I last looked > at the PCLRenderer code). If they are the same, then there may be a mapping > issue. If they are different, then your printer uses different codes from > the HP Laser printers that I have access to. Sadly this is a fairly common > problem. Not much can be done except modifying the FOP code, post-processing > the output to replace the codes (my personal favorite), or use a different > printer (generally not an option). Of course if you find that your printer > does not have the font installed, you are probably out of luck (other than > using a bitmap for the dingbats - or the low-budget "[x]"). > > If everything looks like it should work, but it still does not, please > forward a sample document, and description to the list... better yet enter > it into Bugzilla. Include the type of printer. > > Sorry, > Art (still watching FOP, but too busy to do anything about it...) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL > > > Art Welch, out PCL expert, is not around so I'll try to help you as good as > I can. Disclaimer: I'm no PCL expert. I've had a look at the programmer's > manual for my Brother HL-1250 which is a PCL printer. It doesn't support > ZapfDingbats. Looking at PCLRenderer.java there's code that should trigger > the selection of a ZapfDingbats font. But I think not every PCL printers has > the same fonts pre-installed. Unfortunately, the PCL renderer doesn't > support embedding fonts, so I guess you're stuck with this problem. > > As a possible workaround, try to generate a little bitmap from the checkbox > in an image editor and use that. > > I hope this helps a little. > > On 25.11.2002 21:37:06 Rajendran S wrote: > > > > I am able to use ZapfDingBats ❑ to get checkbox in PDF. But > > When I > > generate PCL , this appears as letter Q. > > > > When I tested the sample file fonts.fo that comes with FOP > > distribution to > > generate PCL, it does not generate the check boxes in PCL. I have tried > this > > with both 0.20.3 and 0.20.4. > > > > In the site , it is mentioned that PCL generation supports all the > > basic 14 > > fonts. > > I appreciate your help. > > Thanks > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]