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#200 PRINTER CODES

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#88329From: DOUG STUMPAug 7, 1985 6:15 PM
THE BOOK DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND I TRIED IT THE SAME WAY AS ON THE 100 WITH NO LUCK. DOUG
#88331From: Phil WheelerAug 7, 1985 6:35 PM
They are likely to work the same, Doug. There is a caveat, though — the embedded printer codes (as I remember) have no effect if you print a file using the 'SHIFT-PRINT' approach. You must be using a print program such as the ones in DL0. I suggest you ask Jim Irwin. He writes printing programs and owns a Model 200. I don't know his ppn offhand (have it at home). Sysop can probably tell you. Phil
#88365From: E. V. ClemansAug 7, 1985 10:19 PM
Apparently the print drive from text filters out control codes when printing. The trick is to embed the codes so that the high bit is set (graphics characters, etc) and then print. For example, for the Epson MX series you need to send <ESC>E to get correspondence mode. Type <CTL>p<GRAPH>kE … what you should see is a left arrow and the letter E. This willpass through to the printer. Find the codes you need from your printer manual then look up in the code chart in the back of the manual adding 128 to the ascii value of your printer code. I hope this helps… I do it all the time. Regards… Von
#88369From: Phil WheelerAug 7, 1985 10:37 PM
Well, I don't have a problem (not that one at least) 'cuz I don't have a Model 200. I was trying to help out by giving M200 advice based on my M100 experienc e; apparently they don't work the same, at least from your message. I hope the fellow who I was answering gets your message! Phil
#88369From: Phil WheelerAug 7, 1985 10:37 PM
Well, I don't have a problem (not that one at least) 'cuz I don't have a Model 200. I was trying to help out by giving M200 advice based on my M100 experienc e; apparently they don't work the same, at least from your message. I hope the fellow who I was answering gets your message! Phil
#88365From: E. V. ClemansAug 7, 1985 10:19 PM
Apparently the print drive from text filters out control codes when printing. The trick is to embed the codes so that the high bit is set (graphics characters, etc) and then print. For example, for the Epson MX series you need to send <ESC>E to get correspondence mode. Type <CTL>p<GRAPH>kE … what you should see is a left arrow and the letter E. This willpass through to the printer. Find the codes you need from your printer manual then look up in the code chart in the back of the manual adding 128 to the ascii value of your printer code. I hope this helps… I do it all the time. Regards… Von
#88331From: Phil WheelerAug 7, 1985 6:35 PM
They are likely to work the same, Doug. There is a caveat, though — the embedded printer codes (as I remember) have no effect if you print a file using the 'SHIFT-PRINT' approach. You must be using a print program such as the ones in DL0. I suggest you ask Jim Irwin. He writes printing programs and owns a Model 200. I don't know his ppn offhand (have it at home). Sysop can probably tell you. Phil
#88370From: Phil WheelerAug 7, 1985 10:40 PM
Doug, Check out message #88365; addressed to me, but seems to have the answer to your problem re printer codes! Phil
#88370From: Phil WheelerAug 7, 1985 10:40 PM
Doug, Check out message #88365; addressed to me, but seems to have the answer to your problem re printer codes! Phil