Box functions with PCL printer do not work

[Dennis Malen]

Thanks so much to Ken and Jim for their imput. I think they hit it on the
head.

I will let the group know the results after some experimentation on my part,
in order that others will be able to fix the same problem.

Thanks again,

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: "filePro mailing list" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Box functions with PCL printer do not work


Dennis Malen wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> I am using the hp4+ definitions. Lines do not come up. A's come up on the
> line with some quotes at the top of the A's. I can send you a copy if you
> wish.
[...]

Your printer is set to the wrong extended character set and/or code
page.  How to change this, I can't say.  But, if it's true PCL, I'm
sure Jim Asman can probably give you an init code off the top of his
head.

For example, start wordpad. Then type Alt+196 and you will see the
horizontal line.  Then type Alt+0196 and you will see the dotted-A.

For those with Windows systems:

    Alt+196    - - - - -

    Alt+0196   Ä Ä Ä Ä Ä

They are both represented by character 196, but they are in different
character sets.

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