PCL??? I Think.

[renrio]

Hi Everyone, I have this file that starts with the following code:

&l7.25C&l7.25C(s13.6H(s13.6H

I think it's PCL, but I'm not sure. I do not know what the arrows are. I'm guessing they are PCL escape sequences, but my printer does not recognize them.

The file was generated from an application on a UNIX platform then FTP'd to me on a Windows platform.

It is not printing the file correctly. It only is printing the first line and some of the second line.

Please help...

Here is a sample of the original file:



&l7.25C&l7.25C(s13.6H(s13.6H


MYFAKE MEDICAL CENTER
1234 EAST FIRST STREET
WARWICK, RI 02601

A.J. FAKENAME, M.D. R.G. NOBODY, M.D. D.J. DOE, M.D.

NAME: PAN,PETE DR:
MR#: 001234 LOC: ICU AGE: 36Y SEX: M
ACCT#: 1111111111 SS#: 999-99-9999 ADMIT DATE 07/18/2011



(s13.6H H30121 COLL: 07/17/2011 13:45 REC: 07/17/2011 17:02 PHYS: BEAR,TEDDY A.


VANCOMYCIN TROUGH
VANCOMYCIN TROUGH (s0B&d@(s0S
18.9(s0B&d@(s0S UG/ML (s0B&d@(s0S
THER:5-10(s0B&d@(s0S
TOXIC:>20(s0B&d@(s0S
DOSE UNKNOWN(s0B&d@(s0S (s0B&d@(s0S


H30182 COLL: 07/17/2011 16:16 REC: 07/17/2011 18:17 PHYS: BEAR,TEDDY A.


VANCOMYCIN PEAK 26.8(s0B&d@(s0S UG/ML STAT(s0B&d@(s0S
THER:30-40(s0B&d@(s0S
TOXIC:>40(s0B&d@(s0S





























07/18/2011 NAME: PAN,PETE
10:04 PAGE: 1 MR#: 001234 DOB: 07/18/1974
INTERIM REPORT ADMIT DATE: 07/18/2011


INTERIM REPORT COMPLETED

&l7.25C(s10HE

 

[jlasman]

Somewhere between the Unix box and the printer on the DOS box the escape chr; i,e,, chr(27) has been transformed into something else. I see it here as a small box. Perhaps your ftp was not set to binary mode for the transfer. Thus the print codes are simply being printed as text rather than being interpreted by the printer.

What kind of print command are you using on the DOS side?


Jim Asman

http://www.spectracolorservices.com

 

[webrabbit]

The most important question is what kind of printer are you trying to print on? Does it even support PCL5? Note that PCL6 is a whole 'nuther language.