Karl Klebenow wrote,
> Here's one that's out there, but I thought I'd try. We've got Fantasia
>(works great, fairly inexpensive), but need to print multipart (4 part) forms
>Is there
>such a beast as a Laserjet/PCL 4&5 compatible impact printer?
 
I haven't seen any impact printers that accept PCL driven code,
probably because a lot of the PCL escape codes would be meaningless.
PCL is page based control of the document, while impact printers
typically deal with lines.  Kind of hard to draw a simple white-filled
box. The PCL commands for LaserJet IIP and better, you could use,
 
   ~*c45a45b0P~*p+1x+1Y~*c43a43b1P~
 
Where the "~" represents escape.  After drawing the box, the position
is at the top left most of the box.  (Note: you can always push and pop your
position using esc &f0S and esc &f1S.)  On an impact printer, I suspect
that it would have to remember an entire page before even attempting to
print one line.
 
I thought that Fantasia could do multi-part forms?  We have Formation,
from Unison, which does handle that problem.
 
You're right about bin selection, too.  Some of our apps require a
fancy letterhead page, selected from the bottom bin of our LJ IID
(still ticking) and a normal letterhead "quality" paper from the
top bin for the rest of the letter.
 
Enough ramblings...I need more coffee!
\KenR
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