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When I print a line on a PCL5 printer, that is over 132 colums long, it prints fine, but when I do the same on a PCL6 printer, it prints a blank line afterward
I initialize the printer with
~E~&l2A~&l1O~&l2S~&l5.2602
then print a line that is 8.3" long, but fits well on the 11" wide paper.
On an HP PCL6 printer, it skips a line after any line 133 or more characters long (but does print the whole line).
On a PCL5 printer, it prints the whole line, and does not skip a blank line.
I do not use any print driver, as I am printing from an IBM Mainframe, not Windows.
~E~&l2A~&l1O~&l2S~&l5.2602
then print a line that is 8.3" long, but fits well on the 11" wide paper.
On an HP PCL6 printer, it skips a line after any line 133 or more characters long (but does print the whole line).
On a PCL5 printer, it prints the whole line, and does not skip a blank line.
I do not use any print driver, as I am printing from an IBM Mainframe, not Windows.
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