On 08/24/2010 02:22 PM, Peter Hart wrote: > Hi Jeff > > Here in the UK I have customers using Panasonic, Epson and OKI. > > The Panasonic KX-P3200 is a small footprint but rugged printer ideal for > a shop counter. > The Epson's and the Oki's are used back office for printing invoices and > multipage A3 reports. > > All have proved to be extremely reliable and hardworking but I get the > best support from Oki with Panasonic second best this depends on the > support and may vary in your country. > > All can be set up in Epson mode and work well with the standard VFP raw > printer commands. > > Some customers are now changing to Laser as they can print 3 pages > faster than 1 x 3 part on a dot matrix and are much cheaper to purchase. > Also produce a better print including pictures. > Only the A3 format dot matrix compare favourably with and A3 Laser > > Cheers > > Peter > Peter Hart Computers > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > Sent: 24 August 2010 22:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Dot Matrix > > I have a customer that wants to be able to print up service orders on > three part paper with a dot matrix. You know, fan fold in a box and you > tear it off. What printers work well with VFP? > > I did a report for FDP 2.0 and it was so slow as to be unusable. > > TIA > > -- > Jeff > > --------------- > > Jeff Johnson > [email protected] > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.com > > > Thanks Peter. Do they all use the same font or can you change fonts without taking a performance hit? You mentioned that you have to use raw printer commands. You mean @SAY? Can you use the report writer with any of them?
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