>>>>>Hi Gang!
>>>>>
>>>>>My fellow worker has this problem.....
>>>>>
>>>>>They have code which creates a string of data to send to a LaserPrinter using PCl commands.
>>>>>
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>see message#1573741
>>>
>>>We tried this.....
>>>
>>>

>>> lcStringToPrint = STRTRAN( lcStringToPrint, '{', '{123}')
>>>
>>>??? lcStringToPrint
>>>

>>>
>>>and we got the SYNTAX ERROR to stop.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Sigh.
>>>
>>>Any ideas??
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>What printer driver do they use? The normal printer driver will usually "eat" these control characters.
>
>The printer driver for the Lexmark T-644. version 1.0.

AFAIK the only printer driver usable for transferring control characters to the printer, is "Generic/text only".