CompuServe Thread

Richard, Hmm, now I'm stumped. I assumed that the LA34 would respond to the same ESCape sequences as the LA120 and LA100. Bearing in mind of course that not ALL of the features present on the 100 and 120 would be available on the 34. When you say the Octal codes don't work, were they specific ones, or didn't it matter which ones you tried using. For the record you could use ASCII or HEX codes if you wanted, you just have to translate the Octal to the proper equivalent in ASCII or HEX. One thought just occurred to me. All of the DEC printers use more than just the ESCAPE code. Their ESCape sequence "triggers" consist of the ESCAPE followed by the left square bracket ( [ ) and then the parameters you're passing and terminated by a specific character. For example, on the LA50 to set the Lpi to 8 you would issue the ESC[2z command. To set it back to six lines per inch the command would be ESC[1z. One thing that is VERY important is the case of the terminating character. In both of my preceding examples the terminator is the letter z. Notice it is a Lowercase z and *NOT* an Uppercase Z. On other matters, a couple of clarifications for you. First it's DEC not DEK. DEC stands for <D>igital <E>quipment <C>orporation. Also, when replying to messages here you can use the REPLY command, as I did here, and that way your message stays "threaded" to the original. Additionaly, you don't have to reenter the UserId and Name since REPLY automatically takes care of that for you. You also don't have to enter the TO: FROM: in the body of your messages as that is also handled by the CIS software. Finally, I remembered you said you were new to Forums. If so, you might want to stop by the Practice Forum, GO PRACTICE, where you can experiment with the forum software, ask questions, etc. WITHOUT paying the standard CIS hourly connect charges. Bill