Re: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL
Art Welch, out PCL expert, is not around so I'll try to help you as good as I can. Disclaimer: I'm no PCL expert. I've had a look at the programmer's manual for my Brother HL-1250 which is a PCL printer. It doesn't support ZapfDingbats. Looking at PCLRenderer.java there's code that should trigger the selection of a ZapfDingbats font. But I think not every PCL printers has the same fonts pre-installed. Unfortunately, the PCL renderer doesn't support embedding fonts, so I guess you're stuck with this problem. As a possible workaround, try to generate a little bitmap from the checkbox in an image editor and use that. I hope this helps a little. On 25.11.2002 21:37:06 Rajendran S wrote: I am able to use ZapfDingBats #x2751; to get checkbox in PDF. But When I generate PCL , this appears as letter Q. When I tested the sample file fonts.fo that comes with FOP distribution to generate PCL, it does not generate the check boxes in PCL. I have tried this with both 0.20.3 and 0.20.4. In the site , it is mentioned that PCL generation supports all the basic 14 fonts. I appreciate your help. Thanks Jeremias Maerki - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL
Apologies... I saw the original message, but have not had time to look into it. Just to back Jeremias up, I believe that his answer is correct. First thing to do is to print the font list for your printer. This should (at least most PCL printers do) give the control codes to invoke the font. If the font list does not give the codes, you may need to refer to your printer's manuals. Then compare the code the printer expects, to the code the PCLRenderer would be sending (I think that this is in a function called setFont or something like that - it has been a long time since I last looked at the PCLRenderer code). If they are the same, then there may be a mapping issue. If they are different, then your printer uses different codes from the HP Laser printers that I have access to. Sadly this is a fairly common problem. Not much can be done except modifying the FOP code, post-processing the output to replace the codes (my personal favorite), or use a different printer (generally not an option). Of course if you find that your printer does not have the font installed, you are probably out of luck (other than using a bitmap for the dingbats - or the low-budget [x]). If everything looks like it should work, but it still does not, please forward a sample document, and description to the list... better yet enter it into Bugzilla. Include the type of printer. Sorry, Art (still watching FOP, but too busy to do anything about it...) -Original Message- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL Art Welch, out PCL expert, is not around so I'll try to help you as good as I can. Disclaimer: I'm no PCL expert. I've had a look at the programmer's manual for my Brother HL-1250 which is a PCL printer. It doesn't support ZapfDingbats. Looking at PCLRenderer.java there's code that should trigger the selection of a ZapfDingbats font. But I think not every PCL printers has the same fonts pre-installed. Unfortunately, the PCL renderer doesn't support embedding fonts, so I guess you're stuck with this problem. As a possible workaround, try to generate a little bitmap from the checkbox in an image editor and use that. I hope this helps a little. On 25.11.2002 21:37:06 Rajendran S wrote: I am able to use ZapfDingBats #x2751; to get checkbox in PDF. But When I generate PCL , this appears as letter Q. When I tested the sample file fonts.fo that comes with FOP distribution to generate PCL, it does not generate the check boxes in PCL. I have tried this with both 0.20.3 and 0.20.4. In the site , it is mentioned that PCL generation supports all the basic 14 fonts. I appreciate your help. Thanks Jeremias Maerki - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL
Thanks a lot Art and Jeremias, I will look at the fonts installed at the printer.I am trying to send the FOP generated PCL through Infoprint server at the mainframe for distributed printing to remote printers ( HP laserjet 4 and 5). As suggested by Art, I am opting for the [x] option time being. . I have created the check box with a table (inside nested table and this works ) but that makes the XSLT code look tedious and difficult to maintain. Thanks again for your time - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:52 AM Subject: RE: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL Apologies... I saw the original message, but have not had time to look into it. Just to back Jeremias up, I believe that his answer is correct. First thing to do is to print the font list for your printer. This should (at least most PCL printers do) give the control codes to invoke the font. If the font list does not give the codes, you may need to refer to your printer's manuals. Then compare the code the printer expects, to the code the PCLRenderer would be sending (I think that this is in a function called setFont or something like that - it has been a long time since I last looked at the PCLRenderer code). If they are the same, then there may be a mapping issue. If they are different, then your printer uses different codes from the HP Laser printers that I have access to. Sadly this is a fairly common problem. Not much can be done except modifying the FOP code, post-processing the output to replace the codes (my personal favorite), or use a different printer (generally not an option). Of course if you find that your printer does not have the font installed, you are probably out of luck (other than using a bitmap for the dingbats - or the low-budget [x]). If everything looks like it should work, but it still does not, please forward a sample document, and description to the list... better yet enter it into Bugzilla. Include the type of printer. Sorry, Art (still watching FOP, but too busy to do anything about it...) -Original Message- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL Art Welch, out PCL expert, is not around so I'll try to help you as good as I can. Disclaimer: I'm no PCL expert. I've had a look at the programmer's manual for my Brother HL-1250 which is a PCL printer. It doesn't support ZapfDingbats. Looking at PCLRenderer.java there's code that should trigger the selection of a ZapfDingbats font. But I think not every PCL printers has the same fonts pre-installed. Unfortunately, the PCL renderer doesn't support embedding fonts, so I guess you're stuck with this problem. As a possible workaround, try to generate a little bitmap from the checkbox in an image editor and use that. I hope this helps a little. On 25.11.2002 21:37:06 Rajendran S wrote: I am able to use ZapfDingBats #x2751; to get checkbox in PDF. But When I generate PCL , this appears as letter Q. When I tested the sample file fonts.fo that comes with FOP distribution to generate PCL, it does not generate the check boxes in PCL. I have tried this with both 0.20.3 and 0.20.4. In the site , it is mentioned that PCL generation supports all the basic 14 fonts. I appreciate your help. Thanks Jeremias Maerki - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems with CheckBoxes in PCL
I am able to use ZapfDingBats #x2751; to get checkbox in PDF. But When I generate PCL , this appears as letter Q. When I tested the sample file fonts.fo that comes with FOP distribution to generate PCL, it does not generate the check boxes in PCL. I have tried this with both 0.20.3 and 0.20.4. In the site , it is mentioned that PCL generation supports all the basic 14 fonts. I appreciate your help. Thanks _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
