We wish to use an A4-size Laser printer (HP - LJ1000 or SAMSUNG-ML1215)
with QNX 4.25. Our requirement is of online alarm printing (text printouts
only). We have earlier user serial/parallel dot-matrix printers for such
requirements. With dot-matrix printers, we have tried ESC sequences for
changing attributes like character size, font,etc… Will the same set of
commands also work for laser printer? Is it necessary to configure the
printer for Photon and then use it? What is the easiest method of
configuring a laser printer for text printing with QNX? Please help…
We wish to use an A4-size Laser printer (HP - LJ1000 or SAMSUNG-ML1215)
with QNX 4.25. Our requirement is of online alarm printing (text printouts
only). We have earlier user serial/parallel dot-matrix printers for such
requirements. With dot-matrix printers, we have tried ESC sequences for
changing attributes like character size, font,etc… Will the same set of
commands also work for laser printer?
Maybe. Most laser printers implement HP and Epson escape sequences. If
you used one of those on the dotmatrix, then you may have to make few
changes. Depending on how you want the output to look, you may have to
adjust the line spacing and line-wrap may be handled differently. Keep
in mind that you can’t print to the edges of the paper on a laser as you
can on a dot matrix.
To keep your source code unchanged, you may be able to any tweaking with
an add-on filter; that’s what we do and it works well.
Is it necessary to configure the
printer for Photon and then use it?
Someone else?
What is the easiest method of
configuring a laser printer for text printing with QNX? Please help…
We wish to use an A4-size Laser printer (HP - LJ1000 or
SAMSUNG-ML1215)
with QNX 4.25. Our requirement is of online alarm printing (text
printouts
only). We have earlier user serial/parallel dot-matrix printers for such
requirements. With dot-matrix printers, we have tried ESC sequences for
changing attributes like character size, font,etc… Will the same set of
commands also work for laser printer? Is it necessary to configure the
printer for Photon and then use it? What is the easiest method of
configuring a laser printer for text printing with QNX? Please help…
Thanks,
Krupa
My suggestion, if you need laser printer only for clean text printing, find
OKI OkiPage 14 series
it’s perfect for all kind of applications because it can auto emulate Epson
FX, HP LJ4 and IBM Proprinters.
So you need only to change printer and all will work!
“Krupa” <> seto@vsnl.com> > wrote in message news:b6tt4n$s5u$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
We wish to use an A4-size Laser printer with QNX 4.25.
Our requirement is of online alarm printing (text printouts only).
My suggestion, if you need laser printer only for clean text printing, find
OKI OkiPage 14 series
it’s perfect for all kind of applications because it can auto emulate Epson
FX, HP LJ4 and IBM Proprinters.
So you need only to change printer and all will work!
Bear in mind that the laser printers always print an entire page at a
time, which may not be suitable for online alarms!