Margins settings PCL commands for modern printers

[Bob Rasmussen]

Thank you for clarifying.

If I may clarify also: the essential problem was that the printer 
initialization sequence in the printcode table you are using was 
incomplete. It did not initialize everything that it should have, and so 
it left some things dependent on the default settings in the printer. The 
solution proposed by Richard Williams would have worked, but messing with 
printcode tables is not for the faint of heart.

Historically, these in-printer defaults (such as lines per page) were 
configured using the front panel of the printer. As you discovered, many 
recent printers also (instead?) offer access to these defaults via a web 
server interface - but that's not available on a USB connection.

On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, Michael Thompson wrote:

> I had to use the web interface to make the lines change.
> 
> Sent from my LG V35 ThinQ, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
> 
> ------ Original message------
> From: Bob Rasmussen
> Date: Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:30 AM
> To: Michael Thompson;
> Cc: Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list;
> Subject:Re: Margins settings PCL commands for modern printers
> 
> Please explain. Was the fix made by hooking the printer up via network
> instead of USB, as you suggest? Or was the fix made by changing the
> lines-per-page setting using the front panel of the printer? Or, possibly,
> using the web server interface of the printer to change its lines-per-page
> configuration?
> 
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, Michael Thompson via Filepro-list wrote:
> 
> > Thanks everyone, ended up being the lines on the printer. I was working remote and the printer was connected usb.
> I had to get a hands on person to add to the network to make that change. Thanks again.
> >
> > Sent from my LG V35 ThinQ, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
> >
> > ------ Original message------
> > From: Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list
> > Date: Wed, Sep 26, 2018 10:28 AM
> > To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com;
> > Cc:
> > Subject:Re: Margins settings PCL commands for modern printers
> >
> > Try using this as print code 3 - "initialize printer";
> >
> > $1b & l 0 O $1b ( 10 U ^O *$1b &l7.27C*
> >
> > This should print 66 lines per page in a normal 60 line area for a laser
> > printer.
> >
> > Richard D. Williams
> >
> > On 9/25/2018 5:56 PM, Bill Campbell via Filepro-list wrote:
> >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, Michael Thompson via Filepro-list wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am having an issue with one of my output reports. The a user is using a
> >>> new printer with PLC6 driver. The report on this particular printer now
> >>> prints over to a second page. Other users with a HP 4250 gets the same
> >>> report on one page. Any help would be greatly appricated.
> >> I'm not familiar with PCL6, but this was a common problem with HP
> >> Laser printers going back at least to the mid 90s when printing
> >> reports that assume 66 lines per page.  The trick was to set the
> >> vertical line spacing slightly below the default 6 lines per
> >> inch.  I don't remember the PCL5 codes off hand.  Sounds like a
> >> question for Super Printer Man, Jim Asman.
> >>
> >> Bill
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....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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