Here is all I can find from Sami, but it refers to Pre 7.x, which shouldn't be an issue as long as you can approximate it in 7.x. Just give it a Shot and test to blank paper (don't waste preprinted) I just print to blanks and hold up to light till I get close.
1. You can design a "Custom Report" to print any kind of custom checks. Tips: . Use ONLY PH (Page Header) Section of Report (Key Point) . Remove all other sections, i.e, RH, D, RF, etc. . Under Report Layout, . Lines Per Page: 74 . Page Footer Line Number: 0 . CHECK [Remove Initial Carriage Return] . UN-CHECK [Manual Break Reset] . CHECK [Clear Variables after Printing] . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - Before Printing Report] . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - Before Report Header] . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - After Report Header] . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - After Report Footer] . SET Print Orientation to Portrait . SET Left Margin to 0.75 . SET Right Margin to 8.00 2. You can also use Custom LABEL feature of R:BASE for Windows You don't need that. R:BASE FOR WINDOWS 6.1/6.1A DOES IT ALL! Under "Report Settings", you can pre-define the "Print Orientation" to Landscape. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:46 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76 > Hi Mike, > There are times when you have to print on an original preprinted forms > (perscriptions for controlled substance, FAA pilot forms, etc). > If that is the case, can Rbase for Windows 7.6 reports utilize printer > control codes or is there some workaround? > Mike > > > MikeB wrote: >> ----- 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
