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  1. Pascal666

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    Thank you for that excellent analysis DansDadUK. Is the program you used to generate that listing publicly available? Yes, perhaps I'm showing my age a bit. I still spend most of my day at a command prompt (DOS, Linux, Cisco, etc.) I never quite wrapped my head around code-pages or Unicode...
  2. Pascal666

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    Thank you. I will review that file and see if I can figure it out. My immediate concern would be portability. By using the default font, I believe the printer automatically scales it for 300 or 600 dpi and rotates it for portrait or landscape. From your description, it does not sound like...
  3. Pascal666

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    I just tried sending "~&l5C" (eliminates white space between lines) and repeated the line six times with crlf between and it works perfectly. Other than creating my own font, is there a better way I should read about at some point?
  4. Pascal666

    Stretch font vertically

    I'm using whatever font is the default on an HP LaserJet 4000 (I send "~(3@" a bit before this). I was unable to find a specific FIM font. The default 0xDD (left half block) and 0x20 (space) work perfectly horizontally, so I was hoping not to have to create one, but I did not realize PCL was...
  5. Pascal666

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    I'm trying to print a USPS FIM. A FIM-A example is at the below url. They are 9 characters wide, 16 cpi, 5/8" (per Google, 45 points) tall. Horizontally they are coming out perfect, but they are only 1/8" tall. I'm sending "~(s16h45V" (where ~ is escape) followed by a 9 character string...

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