I use initiation strings with my PCL printers all the time. How? We assign the printers by running a VOC SETPTR PAragraph:
0001 PA Used For HP 4200TN In Computer Room 0002 SETPTR 0,132,60,1,3,1,BRIEF,NFMT,NHEAD,AT CRHP,INFORM 0004 RUN BP SET.HPLASER CHR16 The SET.HPLASER program sends, in the above case, CHR16, a variable holding ESC:"(s0p16H". It's not a very complex program. If you want a copy, email me off-list. You can string one or several of them, too. Here's a short list of PCL codes I use regularly: 0001 *(HP.LASER) - HP LASER CODES 0002 * 0003 ESC = CHAR(27) ; *Escape Character 0004 SYMSET = ESC:"(#10U" ; *IBM Symbol Set 0005 TMG = ESC:"&l0E" ; *Top Margin 0006 LPIN12 = ESC:"&l12D" ; *12 Lines Per Inch 0007 LPIN6 = ESC:"&l6D" ; *6 Lines Per Inch 0008 LPIN8 = ESC:"&l8D" ; *8 Lines Per Inch 0009 BIG20 = ESC:"(s1p20v0s4B" ; *Proportional, Bold, 20 Points 0010 BIG15 = ESC:"(s1p15v0s4B" ; *Proportional, Bold, 15 PointS 0011 BIG12 = ESC:"(s1p12v0s4B" ; *Proportional, Bold, 12 Points 0012 BIG10 = ESC:"(s1p10v0s4B" ; *Proportional, Bold, 10 Points 0013 BIG8 = ESC:"(s1p8v0s4B" ; *Proportional, Bold, 8 Points 0014 BIG7 = ESC:"(s1p7v0s4B" ; *Proportional, Bold, 7 Points 0015 BIG6 = ESC:"(s0p6h4B" ; *Fixed Bold 6cpi 0016 BOLD = ESC:"(s4B" ; *Bold Print On 0017 BOLDOFF = ESC:"(s0B" ; *Bold Print Off 0018 CHR10 = ESC:"(s0p10H" ; *10 Char, Normal Print 0019 CHR12 = ESC:"(s0p12H" ; *12 Character Print 0020 CHR14 = ESC:"(s0p14H" ; *14 Character Print 0021 CHR15 = ESC:"(s0p15H" ; *15 Character Print 0022 CHR16 = ESC:"(s0p16H" ; *16 Character Print 0023 CHR17 = ESC:"(s0p17H" ; *17 Character Print 0024 CHR175 = ESC:"(s0p17.5H" ; *17.5 Character Print 0025 CHR20 = ESC:"(s0p20H" ; *20 Character 0026 RESET = ESC:"E" ; *Printer Reset 0027 SKPER = ESC:"&l0L" ; *0 Disable Perforation Skip 0034 DBLNG = ESC:"&l1S" ; *Duplex book 0035 DBLSH = ESC:'&l2S' ; *Duplex tablet 0036 DBLOFF = ESC:"&l0S" ; *Duplex off 0037 LANDSCAPE = ESC:"&l1O" ; *Landscape on 0038 LANDOFF = ESC:"&l0O" ; *Landscape off 0039 ! To set length of page, send ESC:"&l#P" where # = 60,56... 0040 ! For Postscript mode (ESC:"E" to return to PCL): 0041 POSTSCRIPT1 = ESC:"%-12345X" 0042 POSTSCRIPT2 = '@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PostScript' 0043 OKI = ESC:'(s6t17h4B':LPIN8 ; * condensed fixed Hope this helps. Karl On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 06:29, Mark Johnson wrote: > That's roughly the approach I've been taking. The problem is to interject > these lines into the dozens, maybe hundreds of reports either in English or > Basic that are scattered throughout the procs in the application. Too bad > you cannot have an 'initiation string' that hayes modems had to preceed the > output. > > thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:28 AM > Subject: RE: [U2] Fancy Printer > > > > Mark: > > > > A typical D3 solution is to: > > > > 1) sp-assign > > 2) sp-open > > 3) print PCL5 escape sequences > > 4) print report > > 5) print PCL5 ending sequences (usually [Esc]+E) > > 6) sp-close > > 7) sp-assign > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Bill > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Johnson > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:57 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [U2] Fancy Printer > > > > > > > > > Two printer questions: > > > > > > First, any recommendations on a multiple paper printer. For > > > example, the first > > > page would be tray 1 with a letterhead, Page 2 would be a form > > > using tray 2 > > > and pages 3,4,5 etc would be tray 3 having white paper. > > > > > > Have a working knowledge of HP PCL (5/6) I just don't know which > > > printer could > > > handle this kind of output. If the printer could staple the pages > > > together, it > > > would be that much better. > > > > > > I've seen copy machines with this kind of magic. I'm just looking for > some > > > direction in choosing a printer. > > > > > > Second, sort of for D3. Are there any repetitive printer strings > > > that could be > > > send to the printer that precedes the actual output for each hold > > > file. I'm > > > dancing with a few clients having medium HP printers and the same > > > report comes > > > out landscape or portrait depending on the previous output (pick or word > > > documents etc). I would like to either precede the output with an ESC E > to > > > clear to the defaults or actually force the default continuously. > > > > > > Presently I'm managing each report program by hand but there > > > should be a more > > > global solution. > > > > > > These are Laserjet Series 6's. I don't have this problem on HP > > > 2000 series. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > ------- > > > u2-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ -- Karl L. 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