Have you also checked that the driver is in raw mode? Jerry Banker
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Rasmussen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] Color Laser PCL > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >I have posted this in CDP once and got the enclosed answer. > > >According to the manual that was quoted, it should be working, but > > >it is not. I am using a Dell 3110cn Color laser printer. We are > > >printing from Universe with a Windows 2003 server using the windows > > >generic text driver. I do get output, but it's always in gray scale. > > >Never in color. Note: when I print the windows test page from > > >another pc using the dell drivers, it's in color, so color does > > >work. Just not from the PCL below. Any Ideas would be most > appreciated. > > Here is the program was provided by Frank Winans from CDP. > > Thanks in advance. > > equ ESC to CHAR(27), CBLK to 0, CRED to 1, CGRN to 2 > > equ CYEL to 3, CBLU to 4, CMGN to 5, CCYN TO 6, CWHT TO 7 > > EQU ESC TO CHAR(27) > > PRINTER ON > > PRINT ESC:"*r3U": ;* set up an rgb type 8-color palette > > PRINT ESC:"*v":CRED:"S": > > PRINT "Red ": > > PRINT ESC:"*v":CBLU:"S": > > PRINT "Blue ": > > PRINT ESC:"*v":CBLK:"S": > > PRINT "black" > > PRINTER OFF > > In cases such as this, it is a good idea to divide the process into > steps, > and see which step has the problem. For instance, configure your > printer > driver to print to file, then run the program, then examine the file > produced to see it it contains what you expect it to contain. Then send > it > to the printer. > > Because I have an HP Color LaserJet 4550 PCL printer (and I'm a nice > guy), > I created a file that had those escape sequences (not using Pick, just > a > low-level editor), and ran it out to my printer. It printed each word > in > the proper color. So that says the code sequence is right, for an > actual > PCL printer. > > Email me privately if you'd like my test file. > > Also, it's possible that there is a problem in using the Generic > driver. > Try a different driver. > > But consider this: you can spend a LOT of time hand-writing PCL > sequences. > If you value your time, you might use a tool to make this easier. With > our > Print Wizard product, you could generate the following print data: > > ================================================= > <PWML><BODY><PRE> > <FONT color=red>Red > <FONT color=blue>Blue > <FONT color=black>Black > ================================================= > > ...and pass it to Print Wizard, which will render the intended output > on > ANY printer with a proper Windows driver. > > If you think this looks like HTML, that is intentional. We mimic HTML > in > many ways, but also include tags for barcodes, paper sizes, > orientation, > overlays, etc. > > Details on our web site. > > 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 > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
