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.
Catch my drift? Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman, David (SAAS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:05 AM Subject: [U2] PCL Codes taking character positions [UV] : 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, and then print the hold file : using SPOOL, each character of each PCL code takes one position, so that : each Bold/unbold sequence [Esc (s4B text Esc (s0B] takes 10 of the 80 : characters for the PCL codes. A couple of these sequences on one line : reduces the available characters considerably, resulting in overflow onto : the next line. : My objective is to print immediately, and also keep a copy on &HOLD&. Is : there a better way of doing this ? : : Thanks, : ======================== : David Norman : Senior Software Engineer : SA Ambulance Service : Box 3, GPO : Adelaide, South Australia 5001 : *+61 8 8274 0384 : fax +61 8 8271 4844 : * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : ------- : u2-users mailing list : u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org : To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ : : ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
