Karen,
There are some "Windows Only" printers that
won't print from a DOS window or a DOS
application. I don't think that is the problem
here either since you do get some stuff to print
from DOS. Then again, there could be only
partial compliance from the printer in DOS?
Scott
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tellef wrote:
> > This may be a dumb question but are the WRITE commands preceded by
> >OUTPUT PRINTER in the application files? You don't really say. I have
> 2.11
> >apps here running under Win 9.x that use WRITE commands to a LaserJet and
> >they work just fine.
>
> >Bernie
>
> Yes all their programs use OUTPUT PRINTER. We tried it from the r>
> prompt also. Doing OUTPUT PRINTER, WRITE "HELLO", NEW, OUTPUT SCREEN
> only shoots out a blank. (I'm sorry I didn't mention in my previous email
> that I WAS putting a "new" after every command; several people thought that
> might be my problem.) Doing this to my brand new LaserJet works fine.
> It appears to be a difference with her "very cheap" (her words) Lexmark
> ink jet.
>
> Dennis McGrath suggested doing OUT LPT1 and seeing if that helps. I
> confess
> I didn't try that -- will do so and let you know if it makes a difference.
>
> >Another good test is to do a DIR > LPT1
> >at a DOS prompt and see if that works.
> >Again, you'd have to send a page feed if
> >the DIR isn't long enough.
>
> >Scott
>
> That was one of the first things I tried. When it worked fine, that's when
> I realized that it wasn't the printer not recognizing dos at all.
>
> >If memory servers me correctly I think that I discovered
> >the same thing years ago using a DOS version of R:BASE.
> >But I think if you use SHOW rather thanWRITE it sends the
> >information to the printer. SHOW should work correctly. I
> >remember attempting to send control characters to the
> >printer and WRITE would not do it but by stroing the
> >character strings in a variable and then SHOW VAR
> >(SOMETHING) it would work.
>
> >Bob Powell
>
> Now there's an idea I haven't tried either. Just for giggles I think
> I'll have her try SHOW VAR instead. If it does work (and changing
> OUTPUT PRINTER to OUTPUT LPT1 doesn't) then it would be a HUGE job to
> fix their programs because as I mentioned every report is done with
> WRITE-ing variables that would have to be replaced with showing variables!
>
> Karen
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Scott
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