Subject Re: SET PRINTER TO <file>?
From Gene Moore <chrtsi@aol.com>
Date Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:06:29 -0500
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Marty Wrote:

> > The "new" one gets this (same program, recompiled):
 > >
 > > %-12345X@PJL
 > > @PJL SET REPRINT=OFF
 > > @PJL SET HOLD=OFF
 > > @PJL SET USERNAME="Gene"
 > > @PJL SET JOBNAME="No Document Name"
 > > @PJL JOB NAME="No Document Name"
 > > @PJL PRINTLOG ITEM = 1,PRINTER
 > > @PJL PRINTLOG ITEM = 2,Wed,25 Nov 2015 13:22:19
 > > @PJL PRINTLOG ITEM = 3,Gene
 > > @PJL PRINTLOG ITEM = 4,GENEW8
 > > @PJL SET STRINGCODESET=HPROMAN8
 > > @PJL SET ECONOMODE=OFF
 > > @PJL SET MEDIATYPE=REGULAR
 > > @PJL SET LANG=ENGLISH
 > > @PJL SET LESSPAPERCURL=OFF
 > > @PJL SET FIXINTENSITYUP=OFF
 > > @PJL SET TRANSFERLEVELUP=OFF
 > > @PJL SET RESOLUTION=600
 > > @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL
 > > &u600D*t600R&n8WdRegular&l7H&l0S&l1X&l0O&l2a6d1E&l0U&l0Z*p0X*p0Y*b1030M*b109W
 > >
 > > Plus a log of unprintable stuff.
 > >
 >
> Definitely looks like a printer driver is somehow getting involved.
 >
> Have you tried setting your Windows default printer to:
 > "Generic/Text Only"?
 >
> That's what mine was set to when I ran my earlier test.
 >
>
> - Marty -
 >
> Martin Kay
 > dBase, LLC
 >
I changed the default to a different printer (actually a pdf writer). Same type of result, but different output because this is a PS printer. Here's the first few lines..

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Title:
%%Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
%%CreationDate: 11/25/2015 14:2:19
%%For: Gene
%%BoundingBox: (atend)
%%Pages: (atend)
%%Orientation: Portrait
%%PageOrder: Special
%%DocumentNeededResources: (atend)
%%DocumentSuppliedResources: (atend)
%%DocumentData: Clean7Bit
%%TargetDevice: (CutePDF Writer) (2014.108) 0
%%LanguageLevel: 3
%%EndComments

%%BeginDefaults
%%PageBoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
%%ViewingOrientation: 1 0 0 1
%%EndDefaults

Since it worked for you, there MUST be some setting or variable that causes this. Win 8.1 is definitely a different animal, but I assume you would have seen this before.