LaserWriter IINTX: LaserJet Emulation and Landscape Problem


TOPIC ---------------------------------------------

I am printing in Landscape rather than Portrait mode to a LaserWriter IINTX in
LaserJet emulation mode.

I am using a PC-clone and driving the printer from dBASE III+. All the HP
command codes I send to our printer work except the code for Landscape mode.
When I send this, nothing happens.

The code being used is:

CHR(27)+"&1O"

I have tried using a zero instead of letter O and also put a CHR(13) at the
end of the command, and it still does not work.

DISCUSSION ---------------------------------------------

It appears that you should be using a different escape sequence. According to
our documentation, you should try the following:

in decimal:
chr(27)+chr(38)+chr(108)+chr(49)+chr(79)

in ASCII:
esc "&l1O"

Substituting the 49 with a 48 should put you back in Portrait mode.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012