Configuring a Windows Printer for the Windows GDI Driver

Configuring a Windows printer for the Windows GDI Driver entails creating the Windows printer device and then associating a spooler assignment with the Windows printer control item in the DEVICES file.

To configure a Windows printer for the Windows GDI Driver:

  1. Run the dev-make command to configure a Windows printer. This requires specifying a printer type of NTPrinter and a printer path appended with ,wingdiprinter. For example:

    2. dev-make –t NTPrinter -n 100 -a “\\Svr-print\SPP-HP4200,wingdiprinter”

     

    NOTE

    If the printer path doesn’t have ,wingdiprinter appended to it, the standard printer process code is configured. See dev-make Command (Windows) for more information on creating printer devices.

  2. Run the startptr command to start the printer.

  3. Execute the assignfq and sp-assign commands to associate a spooler assignment with the Windows printer control item in the DEVICES file. The example below illustrates associating a spooler assignment with a Windows printer control item:

    4. assignfq 1,wincontrolitem

    sp-assign f1

    where wincontrolitem  is the Windows printer control item (DEVICES file, item ID, wincontrolitem).

    WARNING

    The specified wincontrolitem is limited to a maximum of 12 characters.

    See sp-assign Command and assignfq (Windows) Command for more information on associating spooler assignments.

  4. Create a program that employs @() function codes to embed character sequences into the print data stream. See the Program Examples section below for examples.

Program Examples

Example 1

The example below illustrates a program that prints text to a specified location (x,y coordinates) on the paper.

PRINT_AT_LOC

001 *

002 ** Set output to printer

003 *

004      PRINTER ON

005 *

006 ** Set location (x,y coordinate)

007 *

008      PRINT @(-350,600): @(-351,900):

009 *

010 ** Print to specified location

011 *

012      PRINT "PRINT AT SPECIFIED LOCATION"

013 *

014 ** Reset output to printer

015 *

016      PRINTER OFF

017 *

018      STOP

Example 2

The example below illustrates a program that prints an ellipse graphic.

PRINT_ELLIPSE

001 *

002 ** Set output to printer

003 *

004      PRINTER ON

005 *

006 ** Load brush fields

007 *

008      x = @(-324,0) ;* style

009      x = @(-325,12237498) ;* color

010      x = @(-326,0) ;* hatch style

011 *

012 ** Create brush and assign as brush number 3

013 *

014      PRINT @(-341,3):

015 *

016 ** Select brush number 3 as current brush

017 *

018      PRINT @(-348,3):

019 *

020 ** Set rectangle 2 (left, top, right, bottom)

021 *

022      x = @(-304,2)

023      x = @(-332,900)

024      x = @(-333,800)

025      x = @(-334,2200)

026      x = @(-335,1100)

027 *

028 ** Draw ellipse with rectangle 2

029 *

030      PRINT @(-364,2):

031 *

032 ** Set location (x,y coordinate)

033 *

034      PRINT @(-350,1200): @(-351,900):

035 *

036 ** Print line at specified

037 ** location within ellipse

038 *

039      PRINT "PRINT ELLIPSE"

040 *

041 ** Reset output to printer

042 *

043      PRINTER OFF

044 *

045      STOP

Example 3

The example below illustrates a program that prints text using a specific font.

PRINT_CREATE_SELECT_FONT

001 *

002 ** Set output to printer

003 *

004      PRINTER ON

005 *

006 ** Load font fields

007 *

008      x = @(-310,265) ;* character height

009      x = @(-311,100) ;* character width

010      x = @(-312,0) ;* escapement angle

011      x = @(-313,0) ;* orientation angle

012      x = @(-314,700) ;* weight

013      x = @(-315,0) ;* italic flag

014      x = @(-316,1) ;* underline flag

015      x = @(-317,0) ;* strike out flag

016      x = @(-318,1) ;* character set

017      x = @(-319,0) ;* output precision

018      x = @(-320,0) ;* pitch and family

019      x = @(-321,2) ;* font name

020 *

021 ** Create font and assign as font number 1

022 *

023      PRINT @(-340,1):

024 *

025 ** Select font number 1 as current font

026 *

027      PRINT @(-347,1):

028 *

029 ** Set location (x,y coordinate)

030 *

031      PRINT @(-350,600): @(-351,900):

032 *

033 ** Print line using selected font

034 *

035      PRINT "PRINT LINE USING SELECTED FONT"

036 *

037 ** Reset output to printer

038 *

039      PRINTER OFF

040 *

041      STOP

Example 4

The example below illustrates a program that prints text in landscape orientation.

PRINT_LANDSCAPE

001 *

002 ** Set output to printer

003 *

004      PRINTER ON

005 *

006 ** Select landscape orientation

007 *

008      PRINT @(-357,2):

009 *

010 ** Print line using selected font

011 *

012      PRINT "OUTPUT SHOULD BE LANDSCAPE-ORIENTED"

013 *

014 ** Close print job, open a new one

015 *

016      PRINTER OFF

017      PRINTER CLOSE

018      PRINTER ON

019 *

020 ** Select portrait orientation

021 *

022      PRINT @(-357,1):

023 *

024 ** Print line using selected font

025 *

026      PRINT "OUTPUT SHOULD BE PORTRAIT-ORIENTED ON A NEW PAGE"

027 *

028 ** Reset output to printer

029 *

030      PRINTER OFF

031 *

032      STOP