We're assuming that there must be some sort of form-feed character (or other sequence that the printer is using to generate a form-feed) but have not actually checked all of the info due to the size of the prn files.
We were able to eliminate the form-feed by stripping every occurrence of CHAR(12), but that distorted some of the text box and bitmap output on the form. As is usually done, after converting the prn file to hex, we stripped all the 1B45, 1B252D313233..., 1B266C... printer reset, orientation and paper source sequences, but we must be missing something... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:06 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Extra Form Feed from .prn File Followed by Text On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Don P. Nagai wrote: > > Help! Im trying to print a form created from Word combined with text. > This method has always worked when creating prn files using a PCL5/5e > driver, removing the standard escape sequences that trigger form feeds, and > then sending the trimmed file in RAW format to an HP printer running either > PCL5 or 6. Its worked fine until now. A new customer has Windows Server > 2003 x64, an HP P1505n Laser Jet and the prn files were created with XP Pro > drivers. Now every time we attempt to print, the form comes out on one page > and the text on the next page. If we build the prn files for an older HP > model (say Laser Jet 1300 PCL5e) we get a single page, but the text and > portions of the form are garbled. Ive contacted HP and their suggestion > was to use Laser Jet 6L drivers. The print jobs still generated the extra > form feed. Do you know that there's an added formfeed, or might there be something else added which implicitly causes a formfeed? That is, have you looked at the data that the printer is actually getting, by capturing your combined output to a file? Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ------- 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/
