I am familiar with the PCC you suggested. What I have found is that the Generic / Text Only Driver responds as expected to the print codes such as 27 106 89 (reverse line feed of 89/216 inch), but the Panasonic Driver rolls the paper backward and then immediately rolls the paper back up again before the printing starts. But, when I try to use the Generic/Text Only Driver, then the page length is ignored, it keeps giving me the remainder of an 11" form feed. The Panasonic KX-P1150 emulates the Epson FX-80 which is pretty common. My biggest problem at the moment seems to be using the PCC. Maybe I am putting them in the wrong place? I have a table called scripts1, with 1 line per perscription. Each line has all the data for each perscription, ie name, drug, dose, etc. Should I be putting all of the controls in the page header? Or should I put highest line (the name) in the page header, the lowes line (todays date) in the page footer, and the rest in the details? Do I make each band a static height? It seems like I have more choices than I know what to do with when it comes to making the height what I need, ie page setup has a height (needs to be greater than the total of all the static height bands?) and each band can have a height. My guess, which appears to be wrong, is that if I use the height setting under page setup, and set the band height(s) to sizes that total less than the page height, then Rbase would print what ever is in the bands, and then do a form feed to bring up the top edge of the next piece of paper, but that does not seem to be happening. In fact, if I put a PCC formfeed in the page footer with no other controls, the moment I try to print the form, the printer does an 11" form feed!! Why would the formfeed in the page footer do that? Mike
________________________________ From: mlindner <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Lines per page and Page Footer Line Number I have to use a dot matrix for special forms so I understand. When you use the printer driver, not the text mode, it is trying to print the windows fonts but as a graphic. You may be able to change the report font to match a printer font that would be faster. Using the generic text driver the printer is using its built in fonts and assuming the page size is 8.5 x 11 and when the page is done, it sees the form feed as a signal to go to the next 11” page. The printer does not know what the true paper size is. Not sure if you can suppress the form feed in reports, or maybe you can in labels. Depending on the printer you may have a way to set the page size to a custom size, you probably have to look up the control codes to do it, or there may be some controls on the front panel. You may also be able to use the reports PCCcode variable to send it a control code to either change the default page length or to change the windows font to a built in printer font. Check and see if the Panasonic emulates another popular brand, you may get a faster result or more choices. If its any help the Epson/IBM form length code is 27 67 0 n where n is the page length in inches, there is also a reverse line feed code, 27 106 n Hope that helps Mark Lindner Lindner & Associates PC 400 Hunnewell St, Needham MA 02494 PO Box 920435 Needham MA 02492 0005 781 247 1100 Fax 781 247 1143 EFAX857 366 9691 Toll Free 888 658 4269 Direct 781 247 1160 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael J. Sinclair Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:54 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Lines per page and Page Footer Line Number Amazingly, 1 minute after I posted my question, I think I found a partial answer....I am using a Panasonic KX-P1150 printer.I was using the Generic / Text Only Driver (to speed up the printing) and the page length seems to ignore Rbase.I changed the driver back to the Panasonic KX-P1150 and the page length problem seems to have resolved, but now the printing takes forever...the text appears to be printing is some sort of graphics mode instead of the lightning fast draft mode.Does that make any sense?Mike From:Michael J. Sinclair <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:44 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Lines per page and Page Footer Line Number Hello Rbase Community! I am trying to convert a report from Version 6.5 into Rbase 9.1. My problem is getting the report to repeat itself every 4.25 inches (the Dot Matrix paper I am typing on is 4.25" tall) In version 6.5, we had Lines per page and Page Footer Line Number which worked very nicely. How do I get the same kind of result in Version 9.1? I have set the paper size under page set up to a height of 4.25", but if I try to print the report, it seems like the dot matrix printer does the remainder of an 11" form feed. What am I missing? Mike
