Mike, What I would do is create a report that is set up to be text-only (File | Print to Text File Setup | File Type - Fixed Length
Then, create your report as appropriate, embedding the printer control codes in variables and placing appropriately on the report. Now, print your report to the text file, and ZIP CMD /C COPY filename.txt PRN. It may not be the *only* way, but it should work. If it seems to be too much of a pain to go this route, then revert to a PAGEMODE report ... Emmitt Dove Manager, DairyPak Business Systems Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (203) 643-8022 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sinclair Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:27 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76 The missing link is that there does not appear to be any way to move the paper up and down unless there is a way to send a command to the printer. Do you think it would be possible to send the report to a file and then copy the file to the printer in order to get the printer to move the paper backwards? Mike MikeB wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > >
