HPSlave printing to LaserJet 4m via Reflection for MAC?

[John MacLerran]

Howdy fellow PH-Listers

I have a question about using Quiz 'Set device control hpslave' when
using Reflection for the Mac.

We have several quiz reports where we've defined escape sequences to
control LaserJet printers (to bold, italicize and change the font sizes,
etc.) When using Reflection (or Minisoft) for Windows, this works well
with hpslave printing, because we can turn off the Windows print drivers
-- pass through printing. This allows Windows to ignore the escape
sequences, but still send them to the printer, which interprets them
correctly and prints the text in the correct format.

However, we are unable to make this work on Reflection for the Mac.
Here's the setup:
Quiz 8.29D on MPE/iX
Reflection for the Mac
PowerMac (G4, I think) with MacOS 8 or 9 (can't remember...)
Networked LaserJet 4M printer -- with AutoSense enabled (allows the
printer to automatically select PCL or Postscript for printing).

When we print a report from Windows  Reflection it works correctly.
When we print the same report from Mac Reflection, we get the report,
but none of the enhancements -- no bolding or italics.  Instead, we get
the escape sequence printed within the report text.

The Reflection manual talks about pass through printing, but states that
it is to be used only for Apple ImageWriter printers.  We've tried it,
and nothing prints.

We've tried turning off AutoSense on the printer, and forcing it to be
PCL -- which is what our escape sequences are -- but then the Mac says
that it can't print to the printer because it needs Postscript.

Is anyone else out there successfully sending PCL escape codes to a
LaserJet using Reflection for the Mac?

Thanks!
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  John MacLerran
  IT Systems Analyst                       email:   macljohn@isu.edu
  Idaho State University                             V(208) 282-2954
  http://www.isu.edu/~macljohn                       F(208) 282-3673
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