rbourass@udenva.cair.du.edu (Mr. Photography) (08/02/88)
I need a TSR program to pass long printer Codes to an HP laserJet. The smaller the better, but it must be able to handle long strings of code, or at least be able to tie multiple strings together. Anyone have such a beast??? Thanks, Rich rbourass@udenva
normd@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Norman S. Dancer) (08/04/88)
In article <10547@udenva.cair.du.edu> rbourass@udenva.cair.du.edu (Mr. Photography) writes: >I need a TSR program to pass long printer Codes to an HP laserJet. >The smaller the better, but it must be able to handle long strings of >code, or at least be able to tie multiple strings together. About 6 months ago (watch the time estimate - time gets away from me) PC Mag published a program called ASPRN.COM for that purpose. Now for a couple of things that weren't clear in the article: ASPRN uses nulls for string deliniation and sometimes printers want to see nulls. If that is the case, try sending your printer a zero (decimal 048) rather than a null (decimal 000). To send codes such as escape you can use the escape key (I know - brilliant observation) but how to send a decimal 014? The trick, as you probably well know, is to hold down the ALT key and type in the decimal code on the numeric keypad (the standard numbers above the QWERTY keys won't work) and releasing the ALT key to register a single byte in decimal. Sorry, net, for this long reply, but email wouldn't reach - something about unknown address - sounds like the post office!