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From: scolist@cactus.com (Jeff Hyman)
Subject: Re: Creating HP Escape Sequences
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Recently, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> In article <20000218151743.30891@tegan.com>,
> Tom Parsons  <cis@tegan.com> wrote:
> >Yates Sale enscribed:
> 
> >| How do I generate escape sequences for controlling HP5Si
> >| printers. The printers use the PCL 5 language. I am running on
> >| SCO Openserver 5.
> 
> ....
> 
> >Each time a printer interface file closes (after every print job), it
> >resets the printer to defaults.
> 
> And for some of my applications which have codes within them, I
> issue and ESC E from the applications itself.  That way I know the
> printers is in a default mode (which may depend on panel settings
> stored within the printer).
> 
> I use the 'never assume anything' model when I can - and when I
> remember :-)
> -- 
> Bill Vermillion   bv @ wjv.com 

Here is a rather old script I've been using for years. It works
fine for me. This file should be "sourced".                     

:
#       @(#) laser_fonts  -  import file with various HP laser fonts   
#
#       Author: Jeffrey Hyman
#
#       Source Code (C)1989-1993 Lone Star Software Corp.  All Rights Reserved.
#
# WARNING:  Only use 'vi' to edit this file.
#

F05="(8U(s1p05v0s3b4148T"  ; export F05
F08="(8U(s1p08v0s3b4148T"  ; export F08
F10="(8U(s1p10v0s3b4148T"  ; export F10
F12="(8U(s1p12v0s3b4148T"  ; export F12
F15="(8U(s1p15v0s3b4148T"  ; export F15
F18="(8U(s1p18v0s3b4148T"  ; export F18
F20="(8U(s1p20v0s3b4148T"  ; export F20
F25="(8U(s1p25v0s3b4148T"  ; export F25
F30="(8U(s1p30v0s3b4148T"  ; export F30
F35="(8U(s1p35v0s3b4148T"  ; export F35
F40="(8U(s1p40v0s3b4148T"  ; export F40

FS="s0P"        ; export FS          # Fixed spacing
PS="s1P"        ; export PS          # Proportional spacing
OL="(s32S"      ; export OL          # Outline
Shadow="(s128S" ; export Shadow      # Shadowed print
ULine="&d3D"    ; export ULine       # Underline this area
DULine="&d@"    ; export DULine      # Disable Underline this area
ITALIC="(s1S"   ; export ITALIC      # Italic printing
LT="&l4H"       ; export LT          # feed paper from Lower Tray
Reset="E"       ; export Reset       # reset HP laser (forces form-feed)
Fdefault="(3@"  ; export Fdefault    # reset original default FONTS

# i(nsert)... Cntrl> v... <Esc) ... will do ==> ^[ for laser 

###  EOF            
Thanks!
Jeff Hyman
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