RE: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P)
If all you need to do is set compressed mode and the TXTrenderer produces acceptable output for you then you could open the output stream, send the desired escape sequence then call FOP with the TXTRenderer passing it the stream. Another idea if you are using M$ Windows may be to use a different printer driver. Windows used to have a plain text driver. If they still do (I just checked on my Win2K workstation and they have "Generic/Text Only" in the driver list), maybe Acrobat could print to this. A Renderer for Epson printers would be interesting, although I suspect that ESC/P2 would probably be more popular. Targeting Epson's popular color ink jet printers vs. the dot matrix. It would probably be better to start with the PCL renderer as a base for an ESC/P renderer. Art -Original Message- From: Clóvis Wichoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P) I'm already using PDFs to print, but some dot-matrix printers are too slow to print graphics. the question about chars, it is because I need print in condensed mode CHR(18) and 8 lines per inch CHR(27)+CHR(0) the question about new Renderer it is because we can make a standard for print in ESC/P using FO also. Would be interresting implement this? Or Extend TXTRenderer to make this? Clóvis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 21/03/02, 16:08:40, Art Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P): > My first suggestion would be to use Acrobat or something to print the PDFs. > Second (or maybe it should be first) would be to use the AWT based print > renderer to print to the printer. I have not used this, but shouldn't AWT be > able to print to any printer for which it has a suitable driver. Maybe this > works better under M$ Windows. Most of my work these days is with Unix and > until recently on our systems AWT did not work well and when it did I think > that it would only print PostScript. YMMV. > Next if the formatting is not very fancy then I would suggest generating the > text/ESCP using just XSLT (with an extension function for the special > characters). > The TXTRenderer assumes that the font for output does not change. Last time > I checked ESC/P printers should accept plain ASCII text without the need for > additional control codes (other than CR,LF). This is what the TXTRenderer > produces. The problem is that with the exception of some special cases, the > output produced by the TXTRenderer is UGLY. > As to CHR(18) and CHR(27), I guess that may depend on how the XML parser > interprets "legal characters of Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646" (from the XML W3C > Rec). Being below CHR(32) I suspect that they will probably be rejected as > not a valid XML character. > If you want pretty output and can not post process one of the current output > formats then you are probably looking at a new renderer. > Art > -Original Message- > From: Clóvis Wichoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P) > Hi FOP team, > I'm using FOP for generating PDF's, but now I need use FOP to generate > text files (txt) for dot-matrix printers using Epson ESC/P, and I have > following questions: > 1) I need create my own Renderer? > if yes, what I need to share this with FOP-DEV > 2) Can I do this with TXTRenderer? > if yes, How put chars like CHR(27) CHR(18) in txt? > Best regards > Clóvis Wichoski > Supridatta > - > 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] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P)
I'm already using PDFs to print, but some dot-matrix printers are too slow to print graphics. the question about chars, it is because I need print in condensed mode CHR(18) and 8 lines per inch CHR(27)+CHR(0) the question about new Renderer it is because we can make a standard for print in ESC/P using FO also. Would be interresting implement this? Or Extend TXTRenderer to make this? Clóvis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 21/03/02, 16:08:40, Art Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P): > My first suggestion would be to use Acrobat or something to print the PDFs. > Second (or maybe it should be first) would be to use the AWT based print > renderer to print to the printer. I have not used this, but shouldn't AWT be > able to print to any printer for which it has a suitable driver. Maybe this > works better under M$ Windows. Most of my work these days is with Unix and > until recently on our systems AWT did not work well and when it did I think > that it would only print PostScript. YMMV. > Next if the formatting is not very fancy then I would suggest generating the > text/ESCP using just XSLT (with an extension function for the special > characters). > The TXTRenderer assumes that the font for output does not change. Last time > I checked ESC/P printers should accept plain ASCII text without the need for > additional control codes (other than CR,LF). This is what the TXTRenderer > produces. The problem is that with the exception of some special cases, the > output produced by the TXTRenderer is UGLY. > As to CHR(18) and CHR(27), I guess that may depend on how the XML parser > interprets "legal characters of Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646" (from the XML W3C > Rec). Being below CHR(32) I suspect that they will probably be rejected as > not a valid XML character. > If you want pretty output and can not post process one of the current output > formats then you are probably looking at a new renderer. > Art > -Original Message- > From: Clóvis Wichoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P) > Hi FOP team, > I'm using FOP for generating PDF's, but now I need use FOP to generate > text files (txt) for dot-matrix printers using Epson ESC/P, and I have > following questions: > 1) I need create my own Renderer? > if yes, what I need to share this with FOP-DEV > 2) Can I do this with TXTRenderer? > if yes, How put chars like CHR(27) CHR(18) in txt? > Best regards > Clóvis Wichoski > Supridatta > - > 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]
RE: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P)
My first suggestion would be to use Acrobat or something to print the PDFs. Second (or maybe it should be first) would be to use the AWT based print renderer to print to the printer. I have not used this, but shouldn't AWT be able to print to any printer for which it has a suitable driver. Maybe this works better under M$ Windows. Most of my work these days is with Unix and until recently on our systems AWT did not work well and when it did I think that it would only print PostScript. YMMV. Next if the formatting is not very fancy then I would suggest generating the text/ESCP using just XSLT (with an extension function for the special characters). The TXTRenderer assumes that the font for output does not change. Last time I checked ESC/P printers should accept plain ASCII text without the need for additional control codes (other than CR,LF). This is what the TXTRenderer produces. The problem is that with the exception of some special cases, the output produced by the TXTRenderer is UGLY. As to CHR(18) and CHR(27), I guess that may depend on how the XML parser interprets "legal characters of Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646" (from the XML W3C Rec). Being below CHR(32) I suspect that they will probably be rejected as not a valid XML character. If you want pretty output and can not post process one of the current output formats then you are probably looking at a new renderer. Art -Original Message- From: Clóvis Wichoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How format to dot-matrix printers (ESC/P) Hi FOP team, I'm using FOP for generating PDF's, but now I need use FOP to generate text files (txt) for dot-matrix printers using Epson ESC/P, and I have following questions: 1) I need create my own Renderer? if yes, what I need to share this with FOP-DEV 2) Can I do this with TXTRenderer? if yes, How put chars like CHR(27) CHR(18) in txt? Best regards Clóvis Wichoski Supridatta - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
