Stephen:
Yes, I'm using an old dot matrix printer and with raw printing
I'd be locked into the fonts available to it and printing a
graphic as well would be a task! I'm going to try changing
the physical size of the page to 1 inch since that is the
size of the label.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Dick.
On 10/3/2012 12:00 PM, Stephen Posey wrote:
When the TPrinter class was developed, dot-matrix printers and fan-fold paper
were on their way out, and page oriented printing on ink-jet and laser printers
was becoming the norm; so I don't think a lot of thought was put into giving
the kind of control needed to do more specialized jobs like yours.
Raw printing may be a possibility, though more recent versions of Windows have
made talking directly to the ports like that increasingly awkward and
difficult. That can certainly improve throughput for dot-matrix printers by
using the native resolution and fonts; though for one off labels performance at
that level is probably not a big concern.
I'd say the easier route will be to treat a single label as a page, adjusting
your page size accordingly (probably need a custom page size for this). That
way, when you call .EndDoc you should only advance to the next label.
Hopefully the distance between the last label on an actual page of labels and
the first on a subsequent page is comparable to that between labels on a page
(which was typical for old fan-fold labels, IIRC), otherwise you may have to
manually adjust the printer after each page (PITA).
HTH
Stephen Posey
stephenlpo...@earthlink.net
BTW, I prefer "Stephen" please.
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From: K2RFP <rn...@verizon.net>
Sent: Oct 3, 2012 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: Printing Labels
Steve:
Writing a procedure to handle a batch of labels is
not a problem but that is not what I want. As a ham
radio operator I have, from time to time, to send
a postcard to someone in my log book. So it is an
individual label and the procedure is not called for
every time I run the logbook program. So it doesn't
make sense for the printer to do a form feed to a
new page after printing one or two labels.
I did some google searching and found out that
EndDoc always results in a form feed and a way
around it is to do a raw printing to the printer
port. I haven't tried that. Another way I'll try
is to set the physical size of the printer's page
to the height of the label. You would think there
would be an EndDoc2 procedure that does what EndDoc
does but stops the printer in its tracks so I would
not have to jump through hoops to do what I want.
On 10/3/2012 9:55 AM, Stephen Posey wrote:
I'm not sure I understand the question here.
Normally you don't call Printer.EndDoc until you're done printing. If you have multiple
labels to print, then you'll want to handle them as a "batch" and compose them
all onto your label page(s) before calling Printer.EndDoc.
If the number of labels you have to print is more than will fit on a page of
labels, then you'll call Printer.NewPage between page batches.
If that doesn't clarify the situation then I'll need you to describe your setup
and exactly what you're trying accomplish in more detail.
Stephen Posey
stephenlpo...@earthlink.net
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Subject: Printing Labels
I want to print individual 1-inch labels on fan-fold
tractor feed paper. The label prints okay but the
EndDoc statement causes thepaper to move to the next
page. How do I get it tomove to the next label?
The printer does not have any setting for labels.
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