Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
Marc --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK. So make it part of your system specs. My > customers have to own pc- > Anywhere... no one has ever objected. > > Ben > > On 12 Mar 2004 at 13:53, MIKE wrote: > > > The Brother HL 1850 allows adjustment of X and Y > displacement > > In pixel units, when using Epson emulation. Works > great in > > Rbase for DOS. > > > > Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:16 PM > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: HCFA headaches (reports) > > > > Marc, > > > > Given this, why not make a particular form (maybe > a list of vendors) > > and a list of acceptable printers part of your > software specs? > > Printers are cheap and there can't be _much_ > variance in the cost of > > forms. > > > > Ben Petersen > > > > > > On 12 Mar 2004 at 9:53, marc schluter wrote: > > > > > Thanks everyone > > > > > > I think the override Top Margin would be best, > at > > > least for my problem. Even if RBTI could do > this I > > > still need something now, because it will be > months > > > before I could try to update them to 7.x. > > > > > > The problem with trying to print the Entire form > is > > > they use a special red ink. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ask them to let you override the Top Margin in > the > > > > OPTION clause of the PRINT COMMAND: > > > > > > > > PRINT HCFA1500 OPTION TOP_MARGIN .256 > > > > > > --- Lawrence Lustig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I even tried page mode but I kept getting > blank > > > > > pages > > > > > between the printed pages. > > > > > > > > By far the easiest solution, and one that > would > > > > provide a competitive advantage to your > product, > > > > would > > > > be to print the ENTIRE form, not just the > filled in > > > > items, on blank paper. > > > > > > > > Some report writers (I'm not sure about the > R:Base > > > > one) let you use BMPs as a background or > "watermark" > > > > for the report page -- using that technique > you > > > > could > > > > scan in a HCFA form, and then print it out > again as > > > > an > > > > exact image, with the boxes filled in. > > > > Alternatively, > > > > you could simply recreate the form with the > correct > > > > fonts and formatting as a report. > > > > > > > > Either way, you would be assured of perfect > forms > > > > each > > > > time, and be able to tell your clients they > would > > > > save > > > > heaps on buying preprinted forms. One client, > very > > > > resistant to moving from DOS to Windows, took > their > > > > first baby step when we showed them how they > could > > > > replace their expensive, pre-preprinted, > multi-part > > > > invoices with plain paper. > > > > > > > > If you can't print the whole report, then you > have a > > > > bigger problem. Because of the issues you > cited, > > > > you > > > > won't be able to solve it by simply including > X > > > > number > > > > of reports -- you will always find printers > that > > > > won't > > > > fit one of your preformated reports. > > > > > > > > I think you would have to ask RBTI for an > > > > enhancement. > > > > The easiest to implement and use would > probably be > > > > to > > > > ask them to let you override the Top Margin in > the > > > > OPTION clause of the PRINT COMMAND: > > > > > > > > PRINT HCFA1500 OPTION TOP_MARGIN .256 > > > > > > > > Then, you could include a calibration routine > in the > > > > database that would print the report with a > variety > > > > of > > > > margins. When the user found one that worked, > you > > > > would store that margin away and use it > whenever you > > > > print the report. > > > > -- > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for > faster > > > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for > faster > > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
