I'm not sure that this is relevant but I had a printer problem: My client needed to print two copies of an invoice using one tray on his laser printer then 2 more using a different tray. After much trial and error I determined that I needed to do more than just "set printer" to make it work. I found that I needed to modify the report form file (.FRX) with the printer parameters or it wouldn't work...
My main clues on how to make this work came from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/133163 Some more information here: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~FrxTips~VFP pamechu umgobwe wrote: >Hi all > Situation: > W2003 server LAN, with a number of XP Prof PCs > one of the PCs has 5 USB ports with 5 Laser printers attached > > All machines in the LAN share these printers and the PC that has the > printers attached also uses them > > The app is a VFP9 invoicing application. Due to certain particular busines > rules, the same customer may require different types of invoices and packing > slips,determined by the type of product purchased, discount agreements, > rebate policies, volume discounts etc. Therefore, the operator could be > invoicing a number of outstanding orders for one customer, which would > require that different types of invoices be issued at the same time for this > particular customer. > > That is, if he buys widget1, he gets a special price, requiring a separate > invoice. If he also buys widget2, without a discount, he gets another kind of > invoice and so on. In addition, some products are shipped from one warehouse > while others are shipped from another warehouse. A complicated situation, but > which the VFP app can deal with satisfactorily. > > The problem is the printing. Since all orders are billed by the same > operator in one big pass, it is the program that determines which printer > should be used for the particular product billed. So I could have a maximum > of 4 printers used at the same time. > I caputure them thus > > SET REPORTBEHAVIOR 80 > SET PRINTER TO default > SET PRINTER off > SET PRINTER TO NAME \\printserver\inv1 > SET PRINTER ON > _pcopies = 3 > _peject='NONE' > printjob > report form inv1 to printer noconsole > endprintjob > SET PRINTER off > SET PRINTER TO NAME \\printserver\inv2 > SET PRINTER ON > > printjob > report form inv2 to printer noconsole > endprintjob > > and so on. > > Theoretically, this should capture the first printer, print 3 copies of > invoice 1, then capture the second printer, print 3 copies of inv2 and so on. > > But this is not so, it prints a loose page in printer one, then it captures > printer 2, prints all six documents and capturing printer 3 prints blank > pages... a nightmare > > Al documents are preprinted and prenumbered, so printing should be perfect, > otherwise, there is lots of document cancellation. > > Is my approach correct or am I missing something very obvious? > > TIA > Pamechu > > > >Pamechu Umgobwe > >--------------------------------- >The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! >Mail. > >--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html >--- > > [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 ** 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.
