Re: RAW print mode not working..

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Hi Steve,

I think any printer should accept a FF without an extra page (exception the
last CR LF caused a new page).
RAW[FF Auto] is an option for winprint-Printprocessor (reading raw-Data from
Spoolfile, appending FF if needed and
sending the result to port monitor). You will not see the appended character
in the SPL-File, but if you redirect the printer
output to a file (add a port to "Local Port" with fixed filename e.g.
c:\temp\output.pcl), you detect an appended character.
Take a look at Windows DDK (download from Microsoft). "genprint" is an
example for a print processor (raw.c).
But my version 2600 does not have a RAW[FF Auto] mode. Perhaps newer version
will have.
I don't know a device characteristic, which can help.
An extra <FF> could be necessary, if the raw-Data (PCL or Text) does not end
with "<ESC>%-12345X" or FF.

Dieter
"Steve Alpert" <sra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:OvrnEhNAGHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dieter:
> Thanks for your help. I nulled pDatatype and included a trailing FF. I
> believe the problem was the missing formfeed. In the old StartDoc..EndDoc
> strategy, you didn't have to include the trailing FF. Is there anything I
> can get from the device characteristics that say I need one? I noticed
> the print driver was set to RAW. I tried the RAW[FF Auto] but that didn't
> seem to help either. I don't want to drive extra paper through the
> printer if I don't have to. I would have thought the Start/EndPagePrinter
> would have taken care of this.
>
> /steveA
>
> Dieter wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> try setting "DocInfo.pDatatype =NULL;".
>> In my working code I don't use StartPagePrinter() and EndPagePrinter().
>> Check generated SPL-File in "system32\spool\printers"-Path, with stopped
>> printer. It should contain exactly what you have
>> send to the spooler with WritePrinter.
>> Did you send a formfeed or job-ending-sequence using PJL/PCL-Codes when
>> printing to Laserjet Printers ?
>>
>> Dieter
>>
>>
>> "Steve Alpert" <sra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:uN33o1AAGHA.216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>In a simple test program, I'm trying to print in RAW mode to a printer
>>>using the following template. If I use RAW, and pause the printer, I can
>>>see an entry in the queue but nothing comes out. The data is plain text.
>>>If I change to TEXT mode, the text prints. I'm printing to an attached
>>>(old) HP LJ4.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>> /steveA
>>>
>>>========= Template of code =============
>>>
>>> OpenPrinter( szPrinterName, &hPrinter, NULL )
>>>
>>> // Fill in the structure with info about this "document."
>>> DocInfo.pDocName = "My Test Document";
>>> DocInfo.pOutputFile = NULL;
>>> DocInfo.pDatatype = "RAW"; <<== with TEXT, it works
>>>
>>> StartDocPrinter( hPrinter, 1, (LPBYTE)&DocInfo )
>>> StartPagePrinter( hPrinter )
>>> WritePrinter( hPrinter, lpData, dwCount, &dwBytesWritten )
>>> EndPagePrinter( hPrinter )
>>> EndDocPrinter( hPrinter )
>>> ClosePrinter( hPrinter )
>>>
>>>--
>>>Steve Alpert
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>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Steve Alpert
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