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by ckalkie

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I have a DOS program that I need to pront to a Samsung Laser Printer. The program wants the Printer Control characters for 108 cpl, 80 cpl and Page Format. Where do I get these from? Not the manual or the Samsung website have them. The printer starts humming when I try to print but does not do anything else. Can you help?

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by ckalkie

The answer might be in the URL given but I wouldn't know the technicalities of what to look for.

by ckalkie

Thanks for the URL but it seems to be for network printing. I have tried another DOS program and the printer does not work from that either. This other program has a list of printers but Samsung ML-4500 is not one of them. Anybody knows of a near match?

by jereg

I'm not familiar with the Samsung printers, but I've worked with a number of other laser printers and dot matrix printers. One thing I've learned is that almost all laser printers,(execpt Cannon)will emulate the HP LaserJet II. Sometimes a DIP switch has to be changed, but that is the standard for laser printing. Most lasers can use that driver. You may not get any fancy print or fonts, but it works. Dot Matrix printers will usually emulate an Epson FX-80. Check out the HP web site and try their control codes.
Hope that helps.

by ckalkie

This is what I got out of this link:
Sorry,
you have either encountered a non
functioning link or you have been inactive
for an excessive period of time which caused
you to be timed out by our system.

by joseph moore

Hello again.
A problem when you copy/paste URLs from Techrepublic.com is the "space creep" that occurs. What happens is, you copy the link from the page, then paste it into your web browser. But, due to the way text is displayed on techrepublic.com, an extra space is added somewhere in the URL. That, of course, makes the page not load up right.

So, please try this link for Samsung again:
http://samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/download/redirect_printer.jsp

Now, when I copied/pasted it, I wound up having a space between PRINTER and .JSP. Remove that space, so the end of the URL reads PRINTER.JSP

That link will take you to the drivers.

by ckalkie

This website has all the drivers of all printers. However, I already have the driver. What I do not have is the Printer Control characters such as 27, 40, 115, ect., for the cpl and page format.

by dad1964

Ummm.... When you added the printer, did the setup ask you "Do you print from DOS-based programs?", and if so, did you answer "Yes"? I know that's really basic, but it's the only thing that ever blew up on me... Otherwise, I would probably do what PC Help Caada suggested and get another printer.

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