Printing Job Paper work to HP

Chris Kelleher

Administrator
Staff member
I would like to print Job Paper Work to a HP laser printer Landscape and
Compressed.
Is there any documentation with this setup or is there anyone already
doing it?
 

Chris Kelleher

Administrator
Staff member
Michael,

At this link on HP's web site you will find a list of PCL (Printer Control
Language Commands) commands for the HP 8000 Series Laser Printers.
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport/cspt/ljxxxx/dyndocwrap.pl?lid=general&f
id=bpl05272&pid=

You can use these printer commands in the start string fields within
SyteLine on the Printer Defaults Screen.

At this link specifically you will find two functions, one called
Orientation, the other called Set Pitch Mode.

Where you see EC in the Command, that represents the Escape Sequence,
meaning type ~E in the start string field.

So, you could create a Printer Default for your Process ( in this case the
Job Paperwork), then in the start string field add

Orientation (the # should represent your choice)
EC&l#O
0 = Portrait
1 = Landscape
2 = Reverse Portrait
3 = Reverse Landscape
~E&l1O for the landscape orientation and...

Set Pitch Mode(the # should represent your choice)
~E&k#S
0 = 10
4 = 12 (elite)
2 = 16.5 - 16.7 (compressed)

~E&k2S , so together in the start string field....
~E&k2S~E&l1O
You may not need the ~E twice....
Give that a try..
Also, the commands could differ for your laser printer...., I am hoping that
you have an HP LaserJet Available.
Regards,
Mike
 

Chris Kelleher

Administrator
Staff member
Or you can use prtpost or similar filter, depending on your system.

Carol Choate
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Progress DBA/Programmer
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