My platform is unix to an HP LJ4 (no Windoze, no drivers, clean...).
By default, a text report sent to the LJ gives me 80 cols by 66 rows (courier 12cpi). The problem is my L/R margins are too small. I desire 1/2" of whitespace around the printed area, but I don't want to lose columns to do it. I think I can reduce the spacing between characters, but this would crowd them (slightly). To further complicate my needs, I want to start using landscape and tighter pitches 12cpi, 17cpi. I will always be using a fixed-spaced (mono-spaced?) font, such as Courier.
Let me generalize my problem. I want to tell my printer his print area (i.e. 1/2" borders), and tell him the number of lines and columns I want within this area - and let him figure out the correct font pitch and spacing. Can PCL do this??
If I know the following values:
Tmargin = 1/2"
Bmargin = 1/2"
Lmargin = 1/2"
Rmargin = 1/2"
Orientation = Portrait
Lines = 66
Columns = 80
How I programically convert this into PCL sequences?
-with thanks
By default, a text report sent to the LJ gives me 80 cols by 66 rows (courier 12cpi). The problem is my L/R margins are too small. I desire 1/2" of whitespace around the printed area, but I don't want to lose columns to do it. I think I can reduce the spacing between characters, but this would crowd them (slightly). To further complicate my needs, I want to start using landscape and tighter pitches 12cpi, 17cpi. I will always be using a fixed-spaced (mono-spaced?) font, such as Courier.
Let me generalize my problem. I want to tell my printer his print area (i.e. 1/2" borders), and tell him the number of lines and columns I want within this area - and let him figure out the correct font pitch and spacing. Can PCL do this??
If I know the following values:
Tmargin = 1/2"
Bmargin = 1/2"
Lmargin = 1/2"
Rmargin = 1/2"
Orientation = Portrait
Lines = 66
Columns = 80
How I programically convert this into PCL sequences?
-with thanks
