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From: browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.COM (Stan Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Changing font characteristics
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Date: 25 Mar 91 18:10:41 GMT
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In article <9103221850.AA11843@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>, msmith@BUBBA.MA30.BULL.COM (Michael Smith) writes:
> I am writing a MSC program that (among other things) prints a report
> to a HPLJ IIs.  I am currently having trouble printing LARGE characters
> and italics. I print out the control string(s) as specified in the
> manuals.  For larger characters, I change the pitch and height,
> but this doesn't work.  For italics, I send the italic command.
> Neither works.

This sounds like a 'RTFM'.  Look more closely at the 'font selection'
chapter of the manual.  There's no such thing as an 'italic command',
so I'm not sure what you're sending.

Some other questions:
   1. How large is LARGE?  Are those point sizes actually loaded
in the printer?
   2. Are you getting correct text in the wrong font or point size, or 
is nothing printing at all?
   3. Are you sure you've selected the correct character sets?  Not
all fonts come in all character sets, and the matchup can be confusing.
   4. Specifically which characters (control sequences) are you sending?

The net can help you best when you give specific details of the problem.

My opinions are mine:  I don't speak for any other person or company.
                   email (until 91/4/30): browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
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