Printer IrDa comunication and PCL language

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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
 
What makes you think it is a PCL printer? I am pretty sure you are wrong. I
think it is a GDI printer.
 
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?
 
Yes, but it is not simple. Have you thought of using a PCL printer instead?
They all support plain text printing.
 
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
 
Ok Philip Sheard
I supposed it, but can you help me? Is there a method example to send data
on this printer?

Thanks
 
Good idea, but the A6 Printer is obsolete, and it was not on sale for very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.
 
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 ?
 
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