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i want to add a form feed to each print job i send.  how can i
send the form feed control character to the printer?

On the Epson-style line printer (Panasonic  KX-P1180) the manual lists
the codes like this:

Name            FF
                Hex 0C
                Dec 12

how do i send either Hex or Dec code to the printer?

i using a simple input filter to convert "New-Line" to "CR-LF"
i would like to add the control code to the end of the filter.

even embedding the code into the file to be printed would be helpful.

any ideas?

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Andrew Farrior

Quote:

>i want to add a form feed to each print job i send.  how can i
>send the form feed control character to the printer?

>On the Epson-style line printer (Panasonic  KX-P1180) the manual lists
>the codes like this:

>Name                FF
>            Hex 0C
>            Dec 12

>how do i send either Hex or Dec code to the printer?

>i using a simple input filter to convert "New-Line" to "CR-LF"
>i would like to add the control code to the end of the filter.

>even embedding the code into the file to be printed would be helpful.

>any ideas?

If you're using Perl, use
print "\f";

These assume you're redirecting standard output to your
printer.