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I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

Hi Shawn,

SInce you're resetting the printer and sending a bunch of configuration commands, your cursor is probably still at the top left position of the page.  It's probably showing up where it is because of how the default page margins are set.  If you're expecting it to be a the top left printable position, look into the other page setup commands.

ESC&l0E would set the top margin to zero.

ESC&a0L would set the left margin to zero.

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

Though the "this line printed" string did not show up this time (maybe since it's at line '0'?), that worked.

That check number is now at the very top - exactly where I would expect it.

Thank you @Joe Goldthwaite!

Hi Shawn,

SInce you're resetting the printer and sending a bunch of configuration commands, your cursor is probably still at the top left position of the page.  It's probably showing up where it is because of how the default page margins are set.  If you're expecting it to be a the top left printable position, look into the other page setup commands.

ESC&l0E would set the top margin to zero.

ESC&a0L would set the left margin to zero.

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

You're welcome.

Just to clarify things, the margin commands just set the page margin.  It's not positioning the cursor. After your Esc E the printer is reset and is positioned at the top corner. That includes a margin of usually .25 inches.  Setting them to zero moved the *first* thing you printed up and over because the margin was no longer there.

You can position the cursor directly. The command is Esc & a ### [H or V] where ### is a number and H is for horizontal positioning and V is for vertical positioning.  The default measurement is 300 dpi so ### would be inches*300.

For example, if you wanted to position the cursor three inches down and two inches over you could print this:

PRINT ESC:"&a600H":ESC:"&a900V":"Two inches over three down":

I didn't actually test that but I think it's right.

Another thing about PCL is that the command ends  at the first upper case character. That means that if you're using the ESC&a command you can combine both the horizontal and vertical into one command without having to send the ESC&a every time like this:

PRINT ESC:"&a300h600V"":"One inch over two down":

It also doesn't matter what order the sub commands are in. You could print it either way:

PRINT ESC:"&a600v300H"":"One inch over two down":

Finally, are you sure you want to use PCL?  I did a lot of PCL programming back in the day. The problem is that not all printers are PCL printers. Also it's more difficult to email PCL documents. PDF's work a lot better for these kinds of things and there are an  almost infinite number of ways to create them.

Though the "this line printed" string did not show up this time (maybe since it's at line '0'?), that worked.

That check number is now at the very top - exactly where I would expect it.

Thank you @Joe Goldthwaite!

Hi Shawn,

SInce you're resetting the printer and sending a bunch of configuration commands, your cursor is probably still at the top left position of the page.  It's probably showing up where it is because of how the default page margins are set.  If you're expecting it to be a the top left printable position, look into the other page setup commands.

ESC&l0E would set the top margin to zero.

ESC&a0L would set the left margin to zero.

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

It also may help you to map out the stationary that you're trying to print on so that you can determine the column and row positions for each line item to print. Judging from the examples above, I'd guess that you're using standard 6 LPI down the page and 10 CPI across? There used to be available a thing called a "programmers ruler" which had divisions of 6LPI and 10CPI that can be used to map out the stationary and then adjust your code to print exactly where you wanted. I have one somewhere but have not used it for many years but they're extremely useful in cases such as this.

Without such a useful ruler the way I'd go about it is reset the printer, set your margins to zero, LPI to 6, CPI to 10 and then issue a series of print commands that will linefeed down the page until you get to the starting point. Then print your line items using spaces to position to the correct column. If things are slightly out then maybe adjust your margins to nudge the start down or to the right a bit. A lot of trial and error.

Cheers
Peter

You're welcome.

Just to clarify things, the margin commands just set the page margin.  It's not positioning the cursor. After your Esc E the printer is reset and is positioned at the top corner. That includes a margin of usually .25 inches.  Setting them to zero moved the *first* thing you printed up and over because the margin was no longer there.

You can position the cursor directly. The command is Esc & a ### [H or V] where ### is a number and H is for horizontal positioning and V is for vertical positioning.  The default measurement is 300 dpi so ### would be inches*300.

For example, if you wanted to position the cursor three inches down and two inches over you could print this:

PRINT ESC:"&a600H":ESC:"&a900V":"Two inches over three down":

I didn't actually test that but I think it's right.

Another thing about PCL is that the command ends  at the first upper case character. That means that if you're using the ESC&a command you can combine both the horizontal and vertical into one command without having to send the ESC&a every time like this:

PRINT ESC:"&a300h600V"":"One inch over two down":

It also doesn't matter what order the sub commands are in. You could print it either way:

PRINT ESC:"&a600v300H"":"One inch over two down":

Finally, are you sure you want to use PCL?  I did a lot of PCL programming back in the day. The problem is that not all printers are PCL printers. Also it's more difficult to email PCL documents. PDF's work a lot better for these kinds of things and there are an  almost infinite number of ways to create them.

Though the "this line printed" string did not show up this time (maybe since it's at line '0'?), that worked.

That check number is now at the very top - exactly where I would expect it.

Thank you @Joe Goldthwaite!

Hi Shawn,

SInce you're resetting the printer and sending a bunch of configuration commands, your cursor is probably still at the top left position of the page.  It's probably showing up where it is because of how the default page margins are set.  If you're expecting it to be a the top left printable position, look into the other page setup commands.

ESC&l0E would set the top margin to zero.

ESC&a0L would set the left margin to zero.

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

Thank you for the suggestions, @Peter Cheney.

This will definitely be one of those types of projects, so I'll be looking into that programmers ruler, too.

It also may help you to map out the stationary that you're trying to print on so that you can determine the column and row positions for each line item to print. Judging from the examples above, I'd guess that you're using standard 6 LPI down the page and 10 CPI across? There used to be available a thing called a "programmers ruler" which had divisions of 6LPI and 10CPI that can be used to map out the stationary and then adjust your code to print exactly where you wanted. I have one somewhere but have not used it for many years but they're extremely useful in cases such as this.

Without such a useful ruler the way I'd go about it is reset the printer, set your margins to zero, LPI to 6, CPI to 10 and then issue a series of print commands that will linefeed down the page until you get to the starting point. Then print your line items using spaces to position to the correct column. If things are slightly out then maybe adjust your margins to nudge the start down or to the right a bit. A lot of trial and error.

Cheers
Peter

You're welcome.

Just to clarify things, the margin commands just set the page margin.  It's not positioning the cursor. After your Esc E the printer is reset and is positioned at the top corner. That includes a margin of usually .25 inches.  Setting them to zero moved the *first* thing you printed up and over because the margin was no longer there.

You can position the cursor directly. The command is Esc & a ### [H or V] where ### is a number and H is for horizontal positioning and V is for vertical positioning.  The default measurement is 300 dpi so ### would be inches*300.

For example, if you wanted to position the cursor three inches down and two inches over you could print this:

PRINT ESC:"&a600H":ESC:"&a900V":"Two inches over three down":

I didn't actually test that but I think it's right.

Another thing about PCL is that the command ends  at the first upper case character. That means that if you're using the ESC&a command you can combine both the horizontal and vertical into one command without having to send the ESC&a every time like this:

PRINT ESC:"&a300h600V"":"One inch over two down":

It also doesn't matter what order the sub commands are in. You could print it either way:

PRINT ESC:"&a600v300H"":"One inch over two down":

Finally, are you sure you want to use PCL?  I did a lot of PCL programming back in the day. The problem is that not all printers are PCL printers. Also it's more difficult to email PCL documents. PDF's work a lot better for these kinds of things and there are an  almost infinite number of ways to create them.

Though the "this line printed" string did not show up this time (maybe since it's at line '0'?), that worked.

That check number is now at the very top - exactly where I would expect it.

Thank you @Joe Goldthwaite!

Hi Shawn,

SInce you're resetting the printer and sending a bunch of configuration commands, your cursor is probably still at the top left position of the page.  It's probably showing up where it is because of how the default page margins are set.  If you're expecting it to be a the top left printable position, look into the other page setup commands.

ESC&l0E would set the top margin to zero.

ESC&a0L would set the left margin to zero.

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?

Thank you for the suggestions, @Peter Cheney.

This will definitely be one of those types of projects, so I'll be looking into that programmers ruler, too.

It also may help you to map out the stationary that you're trying to print on so that you can determine the column and row positions for each line item to print. Judging from the examples above, I'd guess that you're using standard 6 LPI down the page and 10 CPI across? There used to be available a thing called a "programmers ruler" which had divisions of 6LPI and 10CPI that can be used to map out the stationary and then adjust your code to print exactly where you wanted. I have one somewhere but have not used it for many years but they're extremely useful in cases such as this.

Without such a useful ruler the way I'd go about it is reset the printer, set your margins to zero, LPI to 6, CPI to 10 and then issue a series of print commands that will linefeed down the page until you get to the starting point. Then print your line items using spaces to position to the correct column. If things are slightly out then maybe adjust your margins to nudge the start down or to the right a bit. A lot of trial and error.

Cheers
Peter

You're welcome.

Just to clarify things, the margin commands just set the page margin.  It's not positioning the cursor. After your Esc E the printer is reset and is positioned at the top corner. That includes a margin of usually .25 inches.  Setting them to zero moved the *first* thing you printed up and over because the margin was no longer there.

You can position the cursor directly. The command is Esc & a ### [H or V] where ### is a number and H is for horizontal positioning and V is for vertical positioning.  The default measurement is 300 dpi so ### would be inches*300.

For example, if you wanted to position the cursor three inches down and two inches over you could print this:

PRINT ESC:"&a600H":ESC:"&a900V":"Two inches over three down":

I didn't actually test that but I think it's right.

Another thing about PCL is that the command ends  at the first upper case character. That means that if you're using the ESC&a command you can combine both the horizontal and vertical into one command without having to send the ESC&a every time like this:

PRINT ESC:"&a300h600V"":"One inch over two down":

It also doesn't matter what order the sub commands are in. You could print it either way:

PRINT ESC:"&a600v300H"":"One inch over two down":

Finally, are you sure you want to use PCL?  I did a lot of PCL programming back in the day. The problem is that not all printers are PCL printers. Also it's more difficult to email PCL documents. PDF's work a lot better for these kinds of things and there are an  almost infinite number of ways to create them.

Though the "this line printed" string did not show up this time (maybe since it's at line '0'?), that worked.

That check number is now at the very top - exactly where I would expect it.

Thank you @Joe Goldthwaite!

Hi Shawn,

SInce you're resetting the printer and sending a bunch of configuration commands, your cursor is probably still at the top left position of the page.  It's probably showing up where it is because of how the default page margins are set.  If you're expecting it to be a the top left printable position, look into the other page setup commands.

ESC&l0E would set the top margin to zero.

ESC&a0L would set the left margin to zero.

I should note that i'm on Unidata.

And I don't think that is working for me.

Here's the code I'm using:

And here's the result.

Using the two invoice items for comparison, it looks like like my "this line printed" is on the fourth line from the top of the page.

I'm almost certain that linefeeds are resulting from something as simple as PRINT CHAR(27):"E"

Is there a way to do this without causing a linefeed?