Re: HP-41 Bar Code Printing Message #5 Posted by Gerry Schultz on 4 Nov 2009, 9:15 p.m., in response to message #4 by Egan Ford
Egan:
Thanks for the step by step. I had been playing with HDRIVE2 in EMU71 to bring LIF files that I had downloaded from the internet into EMU71 and see what I could do with them. It's also teaching me about using BASIC commands as I just got the full version of EMU71 from J-F just a few days ago. I bought a real HP-71B a few months ago but I've done nothing with it to work on understanding HP-IL, EMU41, etc.
I was also going to try some LIF files from the internet for EMU41 and see how that worked this weekend, time permitting. So, using WRTP with HDRIVE1, I'm converting a native HP-41C program file to a LIF filetype. THAT'S AMAZING!! I didn't know you could do that. File conversion in an emulator, what a concept! But thinking about it, it does make sense. Thanks for sharing that. I get the feeling that I'm just seeing the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what these EMU41/71 emulators can do. What other file formats does EMU41 support when writing to HDRIVE1? If I specified a RAW or Postscript (PS) filetype, would EMU41 or 71 support that as well? What about PDF or is that too much?
I have been re-reading the 41uc user file and it appears that the bar code generation happens when you convert from RAW to PCL or PS so I doubt EMU41 supports that. Something for J-F to add given how busy he is right now? The poor man, I'm sure he must roll his eyes at all my suggestions.
Anyway, this is very exciting. I'll have to give that a try this weekend. Thanks again, Egan for explaining that. EMU41's docs only hint at this and I didn't pick it up. I wonder what else am I missing?
Thanks again,
Gerry
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