Printer Question - AXIANT 4GL - A3 Size Reports

[Glenn Baxter]

Hi Syed, 
We have used Hp2566 and similar.
They need a serial attachment {or network/parallel} if they have it to any
PC/Print sharer. They need to be shared from that machine, thus visible from
the server via UNC i.e. \\PSERVER1\HP2566 etc
As Jeff mentioned below; you will have to use the NT
Print 
Command as per the insert below

Rem ================================================
Rem  Report Printer
Rem ================================================
Set My_Prn_Device=\\PServ2\HPI1                           
Rem ================================================
Rem  Send Output to Chosen Printer
Rem ================================================
If Exist %Ph_ZOutput%.txt Print /d:%My_Prn_Device% %Ph_ZOutput%.txt

or similar! This is an snippet from a server executed bat file.

This method will honour any embedded escape sequences for compressed etc
that may have been used on the Hp.
We use a series of escape sequences embedded into Page Headings etc to
address laser printers.
If you have any let me know and I can forward a PCL.QZS use file; which I
received from the list some years back.

In short you shouldn't have to replace your printers - unless you choose to.
You WILL need a non Hp3000 serial printer cable to connect the Hp2566 etc to
a PC/Print sharer. I'll check those specifications and get back to you. From
emmory it's a "standard" serial printer cable UNLIKE the Hp cable you may be
using. This might explain your lack of output.
Sincerely
Glenn Baxter
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Baxter IT Solutions Pty Ltd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hoffman [mailto:wonicon at optusnet.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2005 8:21 AM
To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
Subject: Re: Printer Question - AXIANT 4GL - A3 Size Reports

Syed

I forgot to add that if you start using PCL control characters (the 
temptation will be great to use some of the facilities of a laser), windows 
printing will strip some of the control characters out, so you would have 
to print to a file then use DOS print command, now that is fun!!!!

Jeff

At 08:11 AM 19/10/2005, you wrote:

>Syed
>
>Laser printers I think are the best, just set the default font to courier 
>size 10 or 11 depending upon what will fit your largest report. The main 
>problem is volume of printing required at each print station, the cheapies 
>only support low volume work, if you get one that has a 2 to 3,000 sheet 
>feeder should suffice. You could most probable replace a few of the old 
>dot matix printers with one laser but do not forget redundancy, you should 
>allow for the fact that they do break down.
>
>I personally would recommend a HP laser (has the best PCL support), but I 
>have used a Lexmark lasers as it had a 4,000 sheet (A4) feeded, I could 
>load the paper at the beginning of the day and just forget about it.
>
>Jeff
>
>At 05:07 AM 19/10/2005, you wrote:
>
>>Dear Gurus,
>>Quick Intro: I've migrated a PH/MPEIX application to AXIANT4GL/WINDOWS 
>>(Thin Client).
>>
>>The printers currently in use in MPEIX are
>>          (1) HP 2566 C
>>and  (2) HP 2563 A.
>>
>>These dot matrix printers doesn't seem to work with Windows. The 
>>infrastructure guys say that no Windows XP drivers are available for 
>>these printers.
>>
>>My problem is, these printers are printing A3 size reports.
>>Can anyone help me in knowing the best replacement for these printers in 
>>Windows XP/2003 to print A3 reports.
>>I don't have the option of reformatting the reports to A4 size.
>>
>>I'd appreciate your efforts to help me out of this issue.
>>
>>Thanks and Regards,
>>SYED
>>
>>
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