Bill, I may be reading too much between the lines here, but the following statement:
--------------------------------------------------- Then, when this string is sent to the printer, HP interprets "Pcl commands" as text, so doesn't suppress the leading form feed...other printers often do. -------------------------------------------------- suggests to me that the printer was installed using the manufacturer's printer driver for that printer and that the printer driver is performing its usual tasks and, in addition, is not passing the ESC sequences thru to the printer: I didn't notice what platform you're running on, but on a Windows platform, we always install all Windows printers to be used by Universe using the Generic/Text driver found in the Generic Manufacturer's list of printer drivers. The Generic/Text driver performs no functions whatsoever, but passes thru to the printer all characters received by it, including ESC sequences which the printer interprets and reacts to correctly. I may be able to find a generic/text printer driver for Windows to send you if you don't have one. hth, Dave Dave Taylor President Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (C) 310-561-5200 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation and DataSync Integration www.sysmarkinfo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:00 AM Subject: RE: [U2] PCL extra page > Steve: > > This is almost always limited to HP printers. > > What normally happens is that a print job always begins with a form feed. > When PCL preceeds this print job you get a string that looks like: > > Pcl commands : FF : Print job > > Then, when this string is sent to the printer, HP interprets "Pcl commands" > as text, so doesn't suppress the leading form feed...other printers often > do. <snip> ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
