Re: Sending DOS Codes to Printer

Okay :)

Paul

"Eric P." <EricP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - SDK] wrote:
You guys don't like a hex editor and COPY/B?
Paul
I have been programming assembler since the early eighties.
That's why don't have any problem with HEX and could solve the problem
very easy by creating the needed files with DEBUG.

But the little program SEND2PRN made it easier when I was playing with PCL
on the first HP Deskjet printers long ago.

Later when I had bought the then very new HP Laserjet 4+ and soon after
that HP's PCL5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual I wrote a basic
program with which I could do all exercises in the manual and more.
That included HP-GL2 and PJL.

The Laserjet was connected to the PC with a parallel cable and a serial as
well.
The commands to the printer went via the serial cable and parallel cable
was for the print output.
All just for fun.
A bit too much for COPY/B I think.


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