> Thanks for the help with this query. I have been barking up the incorrect
> tree all along.
> After doing a hex dump (function of the printer) it transpires
> that my data
> string was formatted incorrectly. There was no problem with the serial
> comms. I was using OxA (\n) instead of 0xD (\r). Why it worked under
> Hyperterm was because HT was doing the necessary character translations to
> convert all 0xA to 0xD and I was not aware of it. A comparison
> between what
> HT dumped and what my code dumped showed this up. The commands to the
> printer are terminated with a \r. The command that the printer
> received was
> never correctly terminated and this nothing was printed.This led me to
> believe it was comms.

Glad you got it sorted. It's always worth bringing a problem to the list
since even if this does happen, just getting ideas of where to look helps.

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Jason Teagle
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