HP3000-L Archives

October 2007, Week 4

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: HP Escape Sequences
From:
Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:15:51 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (22 lines) 
> For example, I am using code such as:
> DEFINE CODE39-8-1 CHAR*27 = & ;turn on code 3 of 9 font spacing 8.1
>   ESC+"&l0O"+ ESC+"(0Y" + ESC+"(s0p8.1h12v0s0b0T"
> DEFINE FONT-CODE  CHAR*26 = & ;return to original font
>   ESC+"&l0O"+ ESC+"(8U" + ESC+"(s0p10h12v0s0b3T"

Hi Margie,

This site has a decoder for HP escape sequences:
http://www.piclist.com/techref/language/pcl/index.htm

This is harder to read but very informative:
http://www.piclist.com/techref/language/pcl/decoded.htm

and here's the official reference (which is pretty easy to read)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/bpl13205/bpl13205.pdf

Mark W.

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2