Epson Ink Jets / Slave Printing

[lawson_edwards]

Hi

Hope someone can help with the following:

I have an Epson Stylus 800 on the windows office network:(Parallel)

We are running with AP Pro 6.1. I use HostAccess as the terminal
emulator on my laptop.

I can use the the printer for slave printing no problem there.

Im wondering if its possible to use printer control codes when the
printer is used in slave/aux mode.

Ive downloaded the epson ESC P/P2 manual and tried the control codes
but to no avail!

ie when i send the command char(27):"@" to reset the printer i just
get a square with the @ next to it on the printed output.

Condensed does not work either it just prints a small square with the
ascii character next to it.

My brief experiments tell me it may not be possible, but i know most
of you are cleverer than I, anyone got a solution? Anyone managed
this?

Maybe my syntax in wrong: Print Char(27):"@", but i've been ok with hp
laser printers pcl codes, they work as expected.

Its not critical, but printers on the main pick system are often busy,
this printer is only used a few times a month, so it would be nice to
get some pick traffic directed through it!

Hope someone can help

Thanks For your time, Lawson Edwards

[mike ryder]

Probably a setting in hostaccess - it is trying to be clever and interpret
the code - or its windows trying to interpret the code.

Try creating a raw printer - ie set up a new printer in windows using the
Generic Text driver and print to that.

hth
Mike

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[JBD]

Have you looked for a special parameter in Host Access indicating that the
slave printer is acting in totally transparent mode (all bytes are
transferred to the printer without transformation) or if the slave printer
is using the Windows capabilities (you can select the orientation, the
font,....). In this last case the data sent to the slave printer must
contains only the control codes for CR, LF and Form Feed. The other escape
sequences are printed as is ...

Jean-Baptiste Dumontier
Winnix Software

[MikeM]

I use HostAccess in VT100 emulation mode to slave print and it works quite
well.

You need to setup the following escape sequences:-

AUX.ON = CHAR(27):"_LLPT1":CHAR(27):"\":CHAR(27):"[=5i"
AUX OFF = CHAR(27):"[=4i":CHAR(27):"_LLPT1":CHAR(27):"\"

then
CRT AUX.ON:
PRINT WHATEVER_YOU_LIKE
CRT AUX.OFF:

Note that what you are printing is not going through the spooler

That should do the trick

HTH

MikeM

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