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82162 printer escape sequences Message #1 Posted by Hans Holzach on 8 July 2012, 8:48 a.m. hi all, i am trying to print bar code and special characters (setup is hp 71b/82162) but i am not successful. any help is much appreciated! problem 1: the printer does not recognize the escape sequence for bar code printing. i tried PRINT CHR$(27)&"z1B45" but instead of bar code, "1B45" is printed. problem 2: to be able to print special characters like "ö" i need to switch to 8-bit mode. but PRINT CHRS(27)&"1" (as suggested by the german printer manual) does not change anything. i am not able to print special characters. i also checked the status of the printer (SPOLL), which ramained unchanged. what am i missing here? thank you for your help! hans

Re: 82162 printer escape sequences Message #2 Posted by Hans Holzach on 8 July 2012, 9:43 a.m., in response to message #1 by Hans Holzach problems solved! i just checked the english manual from the museum CD and noticed that there are several typos in the german issue. it omits "*" in the escape sequence for bar code printing and instead of "1" there should be CHAR$(124) in the escape sequence for the 8-bit mode. tss... thanks, hans

Re: 82162 printer escape sequences Message #3 Posted by Paul Berger (Canada) on 8 July 2012, 9:44 a.m., in response to message #1 by Hans Holzach According to my printed English manual the barcode sequence is ESC*znnBx1x2...xnn I entered the sequence PRINT CHR$(27)&"*z01B1B45" prints a barcode and the B45 likely because nn=1. The sequence for 8 bit more is ESC| where | is the vertical bar character CHR$(124) Print CHR$(27)&CHR$(124)&CHR$(24) prints an o with and umlaut. Barcode printing in 8 bit mode require a different sequence PRINT CHR$(210)&CHR$(128)&"1" prints the bacode for 1. Edited: 8 July 2012, 10:03 a.m.

Re: 82162 printer escape sequences Message #4 Posted by Hans Holzach on 8 July 2012, 11:50 a.m., in response to message #3 by Paul Berger (Canada) paul, seems like we were typing at the same time. however, your comment was helpful for printing barcode in 8-bit mode, as i was a bit confused by the status messages i got using SPOLL after PRINT CHR$(210). anyway, everything works fine now! thanks, hans

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