Tom, I too have a project using label printers, although with some different but related problems than yours. In my case, if I print multiple labels from Rbase to the SATO label printer, the labels get sent one at a time. I.E. if I print 1000 labels, the label gets sent to the printer 1000 times. This is extremely slow. What is strange, is that it does this if I print 1000 "rows" of labels, or "1" row of labels and set copies to 1000. However if I make a simple label in MS Word and make copies 1000, (using the same driver) it sends the label only once and the printer prints 1000 copies. The difference in total print time is over 20 minutes! Only one print job is sent. I am not real familiar with how different programs use the same driver differently , but Rbase and Word certainly work differently with the same printer driver. (I am not saying one is correct or wrong, they just certainly work differently)
I suspect that your problem is similar to mine, in that your printer buffer fills up after 5 copies is sent to it and it dumps. When playing around with the SATO driver, I experienced problems such as printing one label, and then it would not print anything else until I turned the printer off and on. I also experienced problems with the PC's print spooler "thinking" that the printer accepted the entire job. (If you watched the print spooler window, it shows the job printing multiple pages(labels), completing and then deleting from the queue but only 1 label prints out. No errors either) In my case, the printer driver would accept <ESC> control codes to control certain functions. However I could never get these <ESC> codes to pass through in Rbase labels, reports or even WRITE statements with OUTPUT to LPT1.. I finally had to write a routine called outside Rbase to send the <ESC> codes to the printer before I sent the label print job. Perhaps someone on the list has a better understanding of how different software programs react with the same printer driver. Again, I do not understand why (using the same driver) sending a label in MS Word with 1000 copies acts completely different than sending (1) label with copies = 1000 in Rbase. Again, it is not saying one is right or wrong, it would just be good for me to understand the differences. -Bob Thompson Technology Consultants 276 Chippewa LaPorte, IN 46350 219-324-2605 (Phone & Fax) 219-363-7441 (Cell) http://ttc.inc.home.comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: Tom Hart [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:44 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Label printing problem I am trying to print labels on a label printer and can only print 5 at one time. If I try to print more than 5 it still sends it to the printer but nothing happens, and I don't get a printer error. << File: ATT00001.html >> << File: IMSTP.gif >> << File: BackGrnd.jpg >>
