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From: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Star printer driver wanted
Keywords: ANSI escape sequences
Message-ID: <18898@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu>
Date: 28 Jul 89 06:00:40 GMT
References: <588@prles2.UUCP> <465@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
Lines: 49

In article <465@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:
<[I've seen other replies to this request without providing details]
<
<In article <588@prles2.UUCP> hens@apolloway.prl.philips.nl (Patrick Hens (44014)) writes:
<>But my problem is the usage of the printer escape codes: an example:
<>when I use the command LPRINT CHR$(27);"4" in AmigaBasic my printer
<>should be set up for italic characters as described in the 'Parallel
<>Interface Cartridge For NL-10'-manual.
<
<You are looking at the wrong set of escape sequences.  Forget about the ones
<in the NL-10 manual, you need to use the ANSI X3.64 style commands.
<(They're in Appendix-D of the Introduction to the Commodore Amiga 2000
<manual.)  For example:
<
<10 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[0mNormal"
<20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[3mItalic";CHR$(27);"[23m"
<30 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[4mUnderline";CHR$(27);"[24m"
<40 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[1mBold";CHR$(27);"[21m"
<
<AmigaBASIC sends CHR$(27);"[3m" to the NL-10 printer driver, which translates
<it to CHR$(27);"4" on its way to the printer.

If you really want to send printer specific codes to the printer, then
you have to bypass the amiga printer device.  This is useful for testing
your printer, trying out new features, etc.  LPRINT writes to PRT:, the
printer defice.  PRT: translates everything from the ANSI commands to
your printer commands.  To avoid this translation, write to PAR:
instead.  (SER: if your printer is a serial printer.)  Do something
like this (it's been quite a while, so this syntax is probably not
right..)

OPEN "PAR:" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
PRINT #1 CHR$(27);"4";"This is now italic on the NL-10."
CLOSE #1

These commands will be sent untranslated to the printer, so you can use
your printers own escape sequences directly.


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-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP