Questions tagged [printer-control-language]

This tag relates to questions pertaining to PCL. PCL or Printer Control Language has been developed by Hewlett Packard and is now the de-facto standard for printer languages (laser and ink). Note: For questions about the Portable Class Library, use the tag [portable-class-library] instead, and the tag [point-cloud-library] for questions about the Point Cloud Library.

PCL has several versions. The most used versions are PCL3 (for ink devices) PCL5 and PCL6 for Laser devices. PCL has a binary file format and consists of command/data sets. The commands comprise of page, text, vector and raster commands.

Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language for more details.

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how to send data from content-page.cs to tabbed-page.cs in xamarin MVVM?

I Am working on xamarin PCL forms app, i was trying to send data from content page to tabbed page. Here i have content page code below private async void StudentList_ItemTapped(object sender, ItemTappedEventArgs e) { var student =…
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Convert pcl to image

I'm communicating with a logic analyzer (HP 1660A) over RS232. I issue a command which tells the analyzer to print screen its display and send it over to the controller (my pc) through serial communication. I'm saving the result (which is usually…
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How to program a TSC Printer (where to put code)?

So, I'm a bit unsure about how this works. I saw this pdf: http://www.tscprinters.com/cms/upload/download_en/TSPL_TSPL2_Programming.pdf Contains a fairly simple-to-understand guide on how to program TSC Printers using TSPL Language, I see that my…
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Print from python to dot-matrix printer

I need to print to a dot-matrix printer, with continuous-sheet paper. My program is written in Python 2.7 and runs in Windows. The printer is connected to a parallel port. I need to print text, not images, however I need to set font family and size,…
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Call PCL method in background Xamarin.Forms

im currently working on a xamarin.forms app (only android at the moment). This app should perform some tasks if a bluetooth device is connected (app is not running). The task is to collect some data from sensors and write it do sqlite database. I…
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Xamarin.Forms PCL javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException

I'm working on a Xamarin.Forms PCL project and i'm trying to send a request to REST API located on an intranet SSL server. The intranet server is using a self signed certificate. I've been testing this on the Android project but i'm getting the…
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cannot use pcl after reinstalling it

I am using ubuntu 16.04 and I have installed pcl-1.8 at first. Since I want to use pcl-1.7, I simply deleted the pcl-related files in /usr/local/include, /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/share. Then I run sudo apt-get install libpcl-dev and the new…
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Edit Default Printer Preferences Job Type with VBScript

I am trying to edit a machines default printer preferences. More specifically, I am trying to change each print type into a locked print, and then assign a username and password to each individual user: Everyone is on the PCL6 printer drivers but I…
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PDF page becomes blank on print

I have a strange issue with a PDF file. Printing from Adobe Reader works fine on A4 but on A3 the second page is blank. The PDF is almost 200mb containing HQ vector+graphics Windows 7 x64 Printer: Konica Minolta bizhub c452 Driver: PCL6 driver from…
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How to display an error message in Xamarin PCL

I'm doing a simple try/catch (in a PCL project) to validate the users connection to the app, but I cant seem to find the DisplayAlert() method used in the Xamarin websites example. Here are my usings: using Newtonsoft.Json; using System; using…
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Finding Missing points from unorganised point cloud using PCL

I wish to get the region (coordinates) of region that has no point data in the point cloud. I am using PCL library and inpput is .pcd file. Look at the visulaization. Viewed in pcl viewer I need to extract only those black region (infact seems to be…
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Pass Resoure Parameter - Xamarin.Auth

Is there anyway to pass in a resource parameter when using Xamarin.Auth? I am using the Microsoft Login Provider to login, however the token that gets generated results in a 401 when I use the token to access the API (hosted on Azure). Thanks in…
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Cross-platform implementation of incremental loading

Currently I'm porting my UWP app to reference a cross-platform PCL that consists all the logic. While this works great, I am struggling with platform-specific implementations like the ISupportIncrementalLoading interface on the UWP platform. The…
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Parse and Display ESC/POS file in windows

I am trying to parse an ESC/POS file which is created by the POS Printer Driver and display it on windows. Unfortunately I couldn't find any parser / renderer for that and I've been researching this for 2 weeks now. All the existing solutions are…
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Uri.HexEscape replacement in PCL

i'm converting a c# .dll to PCL and i'm stuck replacing the Uri.HexEscape method. how can i replace it in PCL project ?
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