>>>Hi Gang!
>>>
>>>My fellow worker has this problem.....
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>>>They have code which creates a string of data to send to a LaserPrinter using PCl commands.
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>>>Thanks!
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>>see message#
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>We tried this.....
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> lcStringToPrint = STRTRAN( lcStringToPrint, '{', '{123}')
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>??? lcStringToPrint
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>and we got the SYNTAX ERROR to stop.
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>But.... the Bar Code that prints from lcStringToPrint has a "hole" near the beginning of the bar code and it will not scan with a scanner.
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>Sigh.
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>Any ideas??
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>Thanks!
What printer driver do they use? The normal printer driver will usually "eat" these control characters.