[cups.general] Re: CUPS with IPP protocol sending PCL cc

[Minatra, Pat H.]

I am trying to send PCL command code (change fonts, change font style,
alignement to name a few) to our HP printers using the laserjet.ppd
delivered file with CUPs v.1.1.23 and the PCL code is ignored.

I have tried the -o raw option and there is no change.

I have tried different configurations with no change.

Can anyone give me anything else to try to get this working as it is
critical for us to be able to do this. 

Thanks for any help or assistance.

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-----Original Message-----
From: cups-bounces at easysw.com [mailto:cups-bounces at easysw.com] On Behalf
Of Michael Sweet
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:55 AM
To: cups at easysw.com
Subject: [cups.general] Re: CUPS with IPP protocol sending PCL cc

Arthur Braschi wrote:
> I'm using CUPS with IPP protocol to send reports to printers.  I have
some reports that mix PCL control characters to program printer to do
something like:
> 
> 1) Change font size in the middle of line, like
txtxtxtxtxtBIGBIGBIGtxtxtxtxt (not lower/upper case).
> 
> 2) To program Barcode printers.
> 
> How can I do this?

To print the files, use the application/vnd.cups-raw file type (or
just "-o raw" on the command-line) to pass the file directly to the
printer unfiltered.

As for generating the printer data, there is nothing in CUPS right
now to automatically do what you want - PS/PDF files can be converted
and printed, of course, but there is no driver/filter to generate PCL
text or barcodes.

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