RE: [U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV] {Unclassified}

2005-07-31 Thread HENDERSON MIKE, MR
David, > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Norman, David (SAAS) > Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 12:05 > To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' > Subject: [U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV] [snip] > My objective is to print im

Re: [U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV]

2005-07-31 Thread Louis Windsor
Sorry David, I missed my own point! You have to declare the line length to allow for all control characters and actual text or else you will get line wrap based on the physical number of characters in the line. Louis - Original Message - From: "Louis Windsor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: S

RE: [U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV]

2005-07-31 Thread Womack, Adrian
David, As Louis says - the characters take up space in the hold file. But there is a way around it, use SETPTR to make the width of the report more than 80 characters (eg. 200 to allow for lots of control characters). Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV]

2005-07-31 Thread Louis Windsor
Hi David, Each character of the control sequence MUST take up one character in the &HOLD& file. I suspect that the printer will action them and suppress them. To use your example - ten control characters and 80 text characters is a line 90 characters long but only 80 character when printed. Cat

[U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV]

2005-07-31 Thread Norman, David (SAAS)
Morning, I am having a problem with PCL codes taking character positions when spooling to &HOLD&. If I print direct to the printer (SETPTR mode 1) then PCL codes such as Bold/unbold do not take character positions and I can print 80 characters on a line. If however I print to &HOLD& using mode 3, a