Printer-PCL Compatibility

[Bob Rasmussen]

Different PCL-compatible printers have different characteristics. In this 
case, they have different unprintable areas at the top and bottom of the 
page, which affects how many lines per page they can fit at a given VMI.

I stand by my original response.

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Chris Sellitto wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I forgot to mention that when I print the same exact reports to an HP LaserJet printer, in house, it prints fine every time.
>
> Thank you
> Chris
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Rasmussen [mailto:ras at anzio.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:17 PM
>> [...]
>> If the printouts are generally correct, then the issue is probably NOT
>> incompatibility of language. Based on your description of the behavior,
>> I'd say that the issue is in the number of lines per page that the
>> printer can print, at the specified linespacing. Linespacing is referred
>> to as Vertical Motion Index (VMI) in PCL-speak. It's set by the command
>>     <esc>&l#C
>> where "#" represents a number. Try reducing that number in the printcode
>> table.
>>
>> (Yes, I know this answer assumes a certain basic knowledge of PCL
>> syntax.)
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Chris Sellitto wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> FilePro® 5.0.13
>>> Windows 7/8
>>>
>>> We have field reps that use the HP OfficeJet 100 Mobile printer.  They
>> have been experiencing alignment issues with a few of their
>> reports/forms.  If a report contains a lot of records (several hundred),
>> it will gradually go out of alignment, where the headers start lower on
>> each subsequent page.  Sometimes it will even start the report over
>> after printing a couple of pages.  We have our printers defined as
>> follows.
>>>
>>>                   ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
>>>                   │ P R I N T E R   M A I N T E N A N C E │
>>>                   └───────────────────────────────────────┘
>>>
>>>
>>>     --Name--  --Type--  --Destination File---  ------------Comment----
>> --------
>>>   1         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>>   2         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>> *  3 hplaser4◄ hplaser4◄ win:hpdeskjet        ◄
>> ◄
>>>   4 hp-500  ◄ hp-500  ◄ win:hpdeskjet        ◄ For 222 Forms
>> ◄
>>>   5         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>>   6         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>>   7         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>>   8         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>>   9         ◄         ◄                      ◄
>> ◄
>>>
>>> The output formats are defined with the hplaser4, and hp-500 where
>> applicable.  The 222 Form is a preprinted document that has not changed
>> its format for over 10 years.
>>>
>>> We used to use the hp-500 printers (many years ago without issue), and
>> since the personnel had changed for ordering equipment, they started
>> ordering the OfficeJet 100 Mobile printer without our knowledge. This is
>> when our issues started.  I notice that on HP's web page, the 100 Mobile
>> uses HP PCL 3 GUI.  My question is, is filePro® compatible with the HP
>> PCL 3 GUI version of the printer control language?  If not, does anyone
>> know of a good, reliable mobile printer, available now that plays nice
>> with filePro®?
>>>
>>> I hope I have included enough information.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance
>>> Chris Sellitto
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....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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