Sending a Caret ^ to PC Printer -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Sending a Caret ^ to PC Printer
From: "Roger Harman" <RHarman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:33:15 -0800
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I'm moving an application from a twinax-controlled parallel printer
(with external interface) to a parallel connect using Client Access.

The printer wants a caret to bracket some data and I've always used the
logical not (x5F) which translates to ASCII x5E - the caret. The
printer, however, is seeing xAA which, visually, appears to be the
logical not. It works fine on the twinax devd version which is a 5224
type.

I've tried various MFRTYPMDL parameters but no luck. On the PC, it's
a Generic/Text Only config but I've tried Epson FX850 also.

Thought I might need to specify a PDT on the Printer Setup (as
suggested also on the IBM printer galactic database) but the PDT box is
grayed out.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Follow-Ups:

Re: Sending a Caret ^ to PC Printer , Scott Klement

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