RE: Laser Printer commands in APFDS print file

["Richard Casey" <casey_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

What kind of printer are you using? You can send an escape sequence to the
printer to activate any printer-specific features. Just assemble the
necessary characters (use hex to get the escape character in there) into a
string and write that string to the printer.

Richard


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Young
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:28 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx; rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Laser Printer commands in APFDS print file


Is there any way to insert native printer commands into a print stream for a
printer file using APFDS?
I have a print file that uses an overlay on the System i to print forms.
I would like to be able to print multiple copies and have them collated by
the printer when they are printed.  Normal System i printing support does
not allow this, but the printer does support the function.
The customer is running V5R1M0.


Thanks,

Jeff Young

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