----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76
> Hi all! > I am trying to convert a report in Rbase for Win 6.5 to ver 7.6. The report > has to be typed on a roll of preprinted > perforated forms. The forms are 4.25" tall, 5.5 " wide (plus the tractor feed > strips). They are being printed on a > dot matrix Panasonic KXP 1150 printer that has those wheels with spikes I still have a good (although not used for at least 6 years) one laying on a shelf that I gave up on and just went to printing multiple copies through a laser instead of multipart dot matrix. It is just a pain. I think Sami had some ideas on this from about 5 or 6 years back too. It was Check printing, IIRC. > on both sides of the roll of forms that grab > the form and shoves it through the printer. Further more, when the printer is > at rest, the top of the perforation of the next > form to get printed on is at the perfect level so that the user can tear off > the last form right on the perforation line. > > Now if you are with me so far, here is the tricky part. I have to start > printing ABOVE where the print head sits when the form > and printer are at rest. In Rbase for DOS and Rbase for Windows, I used > printer control codes embedded in the report to make > the printer roll the paper backwards just the right amount to start printing, > and then at the end, advance the paper just enough so > that the perforation would be at the right place to facilitate tearing off > the printed form. > > I let Rbase for Windows 7.6 convert the form, and now it prints funny little > symbols on the report rather than moving the paper > up and down. > > How do I put printer control codes in Rbase for 7.6 reports? Or is there some > other cooler way to get the same thing done? > Thanks for reading my long winded wordy question!!! > > Mike >> > > >
