Rails - Jan 2012 - How to send a ASCII escape sequence to a Dot Matrix Printer

Help RoR Masters,

I need to print a report that has a escape sequence but every time I
try The Dot matrix printer also prints the escape sequence.

example

*escape sequence here* + ''!'' +*escape sequence here* Hello
World + ''!''
+ Again

The hard copy output should be like this

Hello World! Again

but it outputs :

Hello World + ''!'' + Again

Help me pls..

or If there is such way to just print a report in a dot matrix printer
where you can control the style, example the font size and etc.





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On Jan 5, 10:04 pm, Christian Bautista
<christianbautista.i...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Help RoR Masters,
>
> I need to print a report that has a escape sequence but every time I
> try The Dot matrix printer also prints the escape sequence.
>
> example
>
> *escape sequence here* + ''!'' +*escape sequence here*
Hello World + ''!''
> + Again
>
> The hard copy output should be like this
>
> Hello World! Again
>
> but it outputs :
>
> Hello World + ''!'' + Again
If the + characters are actually appearing in the output, I''d suspect
there''s some unmatched quotes and/or an incorrectly formatted
interpolation involved. Can you post the actual code?

As for the control codes, that''s going to be heavily dependent on the
environment you''re using to print. I''m not even entirely sure
if a web
browser *can* send raw text like you''re intending...

--Matt Jones

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Hello,
I dont have any code yet for it. I dont know how to do it because I
need first to know how to send ascii to a dot matrix printer.
I''ve tried this typical printing code so far.

<%=link_to_function("Print this Page",
"javascript:print()") %>

On 7 Ene, 23:44, Matt Jones
<al2o...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Jan 5, 10:04 pm, Christian Bautista
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> <christianbautista.i...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > Help RoR Masters,
>
> > I need to print a report that has a escape sequence but every time I
> > try The Dot matrix printer also prints the escape sequence.
>
> > example
>
> > *escape sequence here* + ''!'' +*escape sequence here*
Hello World + ''!''
> > + Again
>
> > The hard copy output should be like this
>
> > Hello World! Again
>
> > but it outputs :
>
> > Hello World + ''!'' + Again
>
> If the + characters are actually appearing in the output, I''d
suspect
> there''s some unmatched quotes and/or an incorrectly formatted
> interpolation involved. Can you post the actual code?
>
> As for the control codes, that''s going to be heavily dependent on
the
> environment you''re using to print. I''m not even entirely
sure if a web
> browser *can* send raw text like you''re intending...
>
> --Matt Jones
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On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, Christian Bautista
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wrote:
> Hello,
> I dont have any code yet for it. I dont know how to do it because I
> need first to know how to send ascii to a dot matrix printer.
> I''ve tried this typical printing code so far.
>
> <%=link_to_function("Print this Page",
"javascript:print()") %>
This is almost certainly not going to work - the browser is going to
format the document before sending it to the printer. For
experimentation, it''s probably easiest to start with a static text/
plain file and get *that* printing.

However. after doing some more digging, it looks like what you''re
looking for is nearly-impossible; I did find this:

http://www.meadroid.com/scriptx/docs/printdoc.asp#rawprinting

which sounds like it would do EXACTLY what you''re looking for.
Unfortunately it''s IE-only, ActiveX, and $500...

--Matt Jones

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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Matt Jones
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>>
>> <%=link_to_function("Print this Page",
"javascript:print()") %>
>
I''m not sure I understand the point of sending raw ascii here.

Despite being a dot matrix printer, doesn''t it handle print jobs send
just like any other printer?  Can you format your output as a PDF and
just print that?

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Thanks for all your responds..

We finally did it.. we used jzebra

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Greg Akins
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> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Matt Jones
<al2o3cr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> <%=link_to_function("Print this Page",
"javascript:print()") %>
> >
>
> I''m not sure I understand the point of sending raw ascii here.
>
> Despite being a dot matrix printer, doesn''t it handle print jobs
send
> just like any other printer?  Can you format your output as a PDF and
> just print that?
>
> --
> Greg Akins
> http://twitter.com/akinsgre
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Christian Bautista
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wrote:
> Thanks for all your responds..
>
> We finally did it.. we used jzebra
>
Thanks..  I honestly didn''t know why you''d want to do this;
reading a
bit about JZebra indicated some use cases I wasn''t thinking about.

Good knowledge for the future.

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Hi Christian,

could you please be so kind and share your knowledge HOW you did it?

Best regards

Klaus

On 10 Jan., 01:50, Christian Bautista
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wrote:
> Thanks for all your responds..
>
> We finally did it.. we used jzebra
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Greg Akins
<angryg...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Matt Jones
<al2o...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > >> <%=link_to_function("Print this Page",
"javascript:print()") %>
>
> > I''m not sure I understand the point of sending raw ascii
here.
>
> > Despite being a dot matrix printer, doesn''t it handle print
jobs send
> > just like any other printer?  Can you format your output as a PDF and
> > just print that?
>
> > --
> > Greg Akins
> >http://twitter.com/akinsgre
>
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