> This is based on documentation on a web site:
> http://www.efplus.com/techref/app/pms/geac.htm

The document is wrong: use forward ticks, not backticks around the string. Like
this one: (') Backticks execute the command between them and send the result.
Ticks quote a string.
 
> And the modification detailed there has been done and confirmed, but we
> aren't seeing the expected result. The thing that gets me is that when they
> do the test in the next to the last paragraph, no text is printed.

The filter probably bails out because it tries to interpret the PCL string as a
command and fails, and there is no error catching at that level.
 
> "To test that these codes are correctly entered, change the \033 to \043
> (the "+") and print a page (make sure you are using the correct terminal and
> printer) you should see +&f21y4X for the Folio (or +&f31y4X for the
> statement, etc...) printed on the first line of the report. Then change the
> \043 back to an \033 without deleting any of the other codes, and this text
> should no longer print. This shows that the sequence is being interpreted as
> a command, rather than printable text, by the printer. The fact that the
> sequence disappears indicates that it is most probably entered correctly."
> 
> When he changes the \033 to an \043 the text DOES NOT appear and I need
> someone to go there and figure out why.

Fix the ticks and it should appear. The ticks you want are (') (under the double
quotes on a US ASCII keyboard). The text in the web page indicated is WRONG
about this. The behavior you are seeing from that text (with (`) ticks) is what
you would expect. The fact that the printing system does not catch errors is a
printing system bug. The errors may appear in the printer system logs. Where
exactly the logs are depends on the exact printing system. 'locate lpd|grep log'
should find them (do not type the ticks).

Peter



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