Have not tried it in windows, but it does allow emulation of several printers, including Post Script (whatever that means), so I believe so. Since the HCFA forms use that special red ink, I chose to use the pre printed forms, and use Rbase for DOS to print them. The preprinted forms are spaced using 66 lines per page, and 10 characters per inch, ie made for dot matrix printers, thus using the EPSON emulation works well. Mike
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of marc schluter Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 12:51 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: HCFA headaches (reports) Does it allow the same adjustments in Windows? Thanks marc --- MIKE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
