OK if you are on Novell. It won't work in an MS environment. Dennis McGrath
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:10 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: NET USE VS PRINT Did you ever try the nprint.exe from Novell? It has a no formfeed switch. Mike At 03:43 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote: >No such animal. Once the printer responds to the FF it is too late. > >Dennis McGrath > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael >Sinclair >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:29 PM >To: RBASE-L Mailing List >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: NET USE VS PRINT > >Is there a printer control code for a reverse form feed that could >added to the end of the report that would then "negate" the added form >feed? >Mike > >At 01:39 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote: > > >It's a prime example of trying to do too much by default. > >Utilities like this should do the bare minimum with command line flags > >to request "extras" > > > >It may be that PRINT.EXE is a holdover from DOS and inherited this > >behavior. > > > >Dennis McGrath > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emmitt > >Dove > >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:26 PM > >To: RBASE-L Mailing List > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: NET USE VS PRINT > > > >In their ultimate wisdom, MS added the FF so that a page sent to a > >laser printer will eject. > > > > >Dennis, you are my new hero! I don't know how you knew that MS > > >added that stinking form feed, but that was what I thought was the > > >problem. I used a hex viewer and the extra formfeed was there...I > > >figured I was doing the Rbase report incorrectly. The PRINT command > > >seems much faster....is there any way to strip the extra final form > > >feed that the PRINT command creates? > > > > > >Mike > > > > > >At 12:06 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote: > > > > > >>He's talking about the windows PRINT command which will print a file > >to > > >>any network printer. Unfortunately, MS got cute with PRINT and adds >a > > >>FF which is dead stupid. If one wants a formfeed they can put it in > >the > > >>file! Or just print another file that has a formfeed in it. > > >>I had to tweak all my reports after NET USE went dead slow on us and >I > > >>switched to PRINT. > > >> > > >>Dennis McGrath > > >> > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron > >Rose > > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:59 AM > > >>To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > >>Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: NET USE VS PRINT > > >> > > >>I look at it this way. The copy software is sending the file thru a > > >>port---- very fast. > > >>With the print, the database is cranking away building the report >and > > >>senting it piece by piece thru the network---- all that stop and go. > > >>RRR > > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > >>From: "Michael Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > >>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 5:00 PM > > >>Subject: [RBASE-L] - NET USE VS PRINT > > >> > > >> > > >> > Hi all, > > >> > > > >> > In Rbase for DOS, I have a report to print to a network printer. > > >> > I create the report and print it to a file. Then I want to send > >the > > >>file > > >> > to the network printer. > > >> > > > >> > The following code works... > > >> > zip net use lpt1 \\servername\print_que_name > > >> > copy filename.txt lpt1 > > >> > zip net use lpt1 /delete > > >> > > > >> > The following code gives an extra (unwanted) form feed... > > >> > zip print /d:\\servername\print_que_name filename.txt > > >> > > > >> > Why would there be a difference? > > >> > > > >> > Thanks > > >> > > > >> > Mike > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > !DSPAM:46523612315627787518299! > > >> > > > >> > > > > >Emmitt Dove > >Manager, DairyPak Business Systems > >Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. > >37 Sybil Ave > >Branford, CT 06405 > >(203) 643-8022 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
