Printer IrDa comunication and PCL language

[Guest]

Hello dot net developers,

I made a vb.net program that comunicate via irda port to SiPix Pocket
Printer A6 but is not a text printer it accepts a sequence of byte but not
print.
I konw that this printer accepts PCL language.
There is a code sample to comunicate with a printer like HP (PCL language) ?
I have not a driver for this printer and than must be make it.

Thanks for any help!

Luca

 

[Philip Sheard]

What makes you think it is a PCL printer? I am pretty sure you are wrong. I
think it is a GDI printer.

 

[Guest]

Sorry Philip Sheard
I am confused, in other site i read that this printer working like hp printer.
I had understood that accept data as bit image but using pcl language.
I have a driver for windows and i print a file text instead that in the
printer on file,
and them i send file to printer by irda port with my pocket pc.
The result is bad printing...

You know a solution for this type of printer?

 

[Philip Sheard]

Yes, but it is not simple. Have you thought of using a PCL printer instead?
They all support plain text printing.

 

[Guest]

No,
I thought that it is a possible solution, but it is only an attempt.
I tried also to send this example code PCL like byte sequence but nothing to
do
! 0 200 200 3 1
TEXT 4 0 30 40 Hello World
FORM
PRINT

 

[Philip Sheard]

Boy, are you confused. Those are CPCL commands, for a Zebra printer.

 

[Guest]

Ok Philip Sheard
I supposed it, but can you help me? Is there a method example to send data
on this printer?

Thanks

 

[Alberto Silva]

Take a look at PrinterCE from www.fieldsoftware.com and check if it is a
supported printer.

Alberto Silva
MS Mobile Devices MVP
http://msmvps.com/AlbertoSilva

 

[Philip Sheard]

Good idea, but the A6 Printer is obsolete, and it was not on sale for very
long, so he may be out of luck.

I thought the guy was trying to roll his own, which would be a very tall
order. I have just remembered that SiPix did publish an SDK, with drivers
for both Palm and Windows CE, just bfore they pulled the A6 Printer. It was
not a very good SDK, but it did work.

 

[Guest]

I tested a sipix driver to print on windows ce but i cannot include it on my
software solution, it does not be a good SDK.
Is there some documentation for developing gdi printer driver ?