That won't work for a non-text printjob, though.
________________________________ From: Mike Copeland <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Dot Matrix Printing I always had good results by outputting the print-content to a text file, including escape codes, and then copying the TXT file to the printer port. That shifted the printer speed issues to the OS spooler and the actual report generation was extremely fast since it was just writing it to a file. Thank God I don't have to deal with dot-matrix any more... Mike -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Dot Matrix Printing From: Michael Madigan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 2/22/2012 2:31 PM Yeah, it's going to probably be real slow. ________________________________ From: Jeff Johnson<[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Dot Matrix Printing I will try that. I have always used @say with dot matrix. Jeff --------------- Jeff Johnson [email protected] (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 02/22/2012 12:52 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > IF you do it in VFP and use a windows driver for the printer, I'm pretty sure > you can do exactly what you want. > > > ________________________________ > From: Jeff Johnson<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:49 PM > Subject: Re: Dot Matrix Printing > > Yep. Multi-part forms. There is a line spacing setting, but it doesn't > seem to go the right way. > > There is 8 lines per inch > 7/72 inch line spacing > 6 lines per inch > n/216 inch line spacing > n/72 inch line spacing > > What I need is 4.33 lines per inch. Not sure how to fit that into > one of the formulas above. (.232558 inches per line) > > > > Jeff > > --------------- > > Jeff Johnson > [email protected] > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.com > > > On 02/22/2012 12:43 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >> You'll have to look at the users manual of the printer to see if it supports >> what you want it to do. >> >> Years ago you used to be able to print in graphics mode, so you could print >> a photo using a dot matrix printer, but that was extremely slow. >> >> What's the application here? Is it multi-part forms? >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Jeff Johnson<[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:33 PM >> Subject: Dot Matrix Printing >> >> I am attempting to print using a dot matrix on a preprinted form. The >> trouble is that the lines I have to work with are not the standard >> number of lines per inch. Is there a way to put a line and a half >> between two lines? >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
