Re: Setting up IPDS printer

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron,

I think your getting closer...

Is TRANSFORM(*YES) specified on the DEVD?  It should be for HPT to
transform from EBCDIC to ASCII.

The "extra" stuff is probably ok, the printer will ignore anything
besides the ZPL commands, you just need to make sure the right ASCII
codes are getting there.

Good luck!
Charles

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> Found the hex dump capabilities.  For the archives concerning a Zebra
> GK420t: turn off device, hold the feed button while turning on device,
> release feed button once light turns green (it will turn red and then
> amber and then green).
>
> hex dump output:
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 15 5F E7
> C1 00 0D 00 15 5F D3 C8
> F3 F0 6B F3 F0 00 0D 00
> 15 5F C8 D8 F2 F0 6B F1
> F0 5F C1 C4 5F C8 C4 E9
> C5 C2 D9 C1 5F C8 E2 00
> 0D 00 15 5F C8 D8 F2 F0
> 6B F6 F0 5F C2 F3 5F C6
> C4 C1 C1 C1 F0 F0 F1 5F
> C8 E2 00 0D 00 15 5F E7
> E9 00 0D 0C 1E 5E 41 1B 58 5A
>
> Screen shot of spool file:
> ¬XA
> ¬LH30,30
> ¬FO20,10¬AD¬FDZEBRA¬FS
> ¬FO20,60¬B3¬FDAAA001¬FS
> ¬XZ
>
> As you can see there are a bunch of additional characters being sent
> down in addition to the spool file data. If I am not mistaken, the ¬
> character is being sent down as a x'5F' (per your other comment), so I
> am thinking it is getting sent straight through *without* an EBCDIC to
> ASCII conversion.
>
> I am going to look into all of the device creation scenarios I have
> done so far and see what conversion options I have (i.e. HPT, etc).
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
> http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Aaron,
> >
> > Did you turn on the hex dump mode at the printer?
> >
> > What hex characters is it receiving?
> >
> > Charles
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