And a 500 page PDF will overwhelm printer memory just as easily as a 500 page pcl stream.
Bill On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Bill Downall <b...@downall.us> wrote: > I think you have a good solution. Once you have the cursor set up, it will > be little effort to create and adjust a timing loop to wait for the printer > to catch up. > > A new printer, with a lot of memory and nice envelope handling, would > probably cost little more than the time they would pay you for. But I'd > rather have them begrudging the pennies they spend on you than begrudging > the pennies they spend on the hardware. > > Bill > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:57 AM, karentellef via RBASE-L < > rbase-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Situation: RBase X database, upgraded from 6.1 DOS. They print >> envelopes, lots and lots of envelopes, to the upper tray in a small >> laserjet. In DOS, it was just one Print command, so that's what windows >> does also. They hated the DOS command because it takes hours to print >> these envelopes and of course it tied up the computer for the entire time. >> However, they claim the envelopes always printed perfectly. >> >> Windows frees up the computer, which they love, but they're getting >> non-replicable "hiccups". They may get 10 envelopes in a row with partial >> data, they'll get blank envelopes or some with garbage words... I'm not a >> hardware person but I sure suspect the printer itself. I asked how much >> memory it has, they have no clue and it's "so old" they don't have >> documentation or know how to get a setup printout (I'd have to google, I >> guess) >> >> Your opinion requested: This goes to the Windows queue as one 500-page >> document. Do you think it would be more "reliable" if I instead set a >> cursor and sent 500 one-page documents to the queue? And if so, should I >> insert pauses to let the printer "catch up"? Or has anyone printed >> envelopes to a PDF file? Does that retain the proper spacing/formatting if >> then printed to an envelope tray? >> >> Thanks everyone! I wish I could just say "buy a new printer" and be done >> with it but (1) I want to be as sure as possible that that's the solution, >> and (2) they begrudge every penny they spend.... >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBASE-L" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
