Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

4147.0. "LN08 ANSI PRINTING FROM A1" by ISTWI1::CAGPAR () Mon May 09 1994 18:42

    
            We have got two ln08 printer at customer site that i'm
    trying to print Turkish national only characters while printer is
    on postscript protocol. I succeeded to print them by downloading
    font in fallowing way;
    
    Used Dcps "DATA=ANSI,FONTS_USED=(COURIER)" function.
    
    Replaced font file to Cps$ansi_fonts.tlb
    
    Created a text file containing special escape characters to
    select courier font. Below you can see this text file contents.
    
    <ESC>[!p<ESC>P2;17}COURIER<ESC>\<ESC>[17m<ESC>[?27h<ESC>
    [300;300 B<ESC>(B<ESC>-M<ESC>~
    
    Replaced this file to library
    
    Created a queue form defining this file as a module.
    
    Printed a text file containing turkish characters by
    using print/form.
    Result is OK!
    
    BUT;
    
    From ALL-IN-1 you can't take the same result, I think It's
    probable that the WPS-PLUS formatter is inserting printer
    control sequences which override what is done by a /form
    qualifier. Still when I look into the formatted output file
    I coudn't see our Turkish national only characters as they are.
    They are starting with some escape sequences. What I like to
    see into the output file is done by document transfer to Vms
    (ascii format). But I don't know how to obtain this kind of
    formatting via print facility. By the way they are using
    ALL-in-1 2.4 and you can only define a form for a special
    queue to succeed in downloading font.
    
    If one know how to print (like document transfer to vms do)
    without escape  characters or another way to succeed from
    ALL-IN-1 please help me. It's an urgency....
    
    
    Thanks
    
    SEDEN CAGPAR

Which ALL-IN-1 Format Style are you using?  The selected Format Style
determines which WPS-PLUS Printer Table is used.

Some WPS-PLUS Printer Table for simple printers, such as the LP11, will cause
the WPS-PLUS Formatter to create a listing file file without printer control
sequences, and more specifically without a printer reset.  Therefore, any
set-up of the printer done using VMS Print Forms will be retained.

You may find that using the LP11 Format Style (which uses the LP11 WPS-PLUS
Printer Table) will get the documents printed in the Turkish character set.


Richard

    Hi Richard;
    
    I'm using Ln05 attribute file. But I tried to use simple printer tables
    and I couldn't succeed because ALL-IN-1 is loosing Turkish national
    only characters while formatting. Some other characters appears when
    i use LP11.
    
    If you'll have another advise will be appreciated...
    
    thanks