Paula, you can set the same printer up more than once in the "Printers & Faxes" in Windows. If you set the printer up both as the best possible quality, and then "Add Printer", selecting the same printer driver, but setting the quality to draft, with a name that suggests draft quality, the user then uses whichever printer he/she wants, selecting the one that defaults to the quality needed.
--- Paula Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrian, > As someone who's a lot less experienced than most of you, I'm not > sure exactly what you're suggesting. The printer he's using is the > default printer and the only one actually connected to his CPU (there's > a separate network printer he can access but never does). > Do I create this additional printer in Rbase or in Windows? And > does the word DRAFT included in the name somehow actually toggle the > printer to draft mode? The printer works fine in draft for other > software, and it's default setting is to draft. I don't understand how > giving the printer a different name causes Rbase to send the report out > in draft format? > > > Paula Stuart > Community Development Strategies > 70 Summer Street > Somerville, MA 02143 > 617-776-3367 > 617-776-4554 (Fax) > 617-388-1331 (Cell) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian > Huessy > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:27 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - AW: [RBG7-L] - Printing in DRAFT mode > > > Dear Paula > > Do you have already tried to create additional printers? This could be a > easy workaround. I give this possibility to other users who hate to > print every report in 1200 dpi. > > Create a new printer configuration (with the same printer driver and > port) but preset to DRAFT and store with ..DRAFT.. in name. > Example: HPLJ_II_Quality as first and HPLJ_II_DRAFT as second. > Now you could give the user two different printers or if you preset them > in a table, you give him only Draft-Mode and Quality-Mode to choose, if > he press Print you set the correct printer. Print to a specified printer > is already a functionality of RBase. > > Best Regards > Adrian > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Paula Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Juli 2005 00:21 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [RBG7-L] - Printing in DRAFT mode > > > It's always the things that should be really simple that drive me crazy. > If it's me, someone PLEASE enlighten me, but I've been through all the > documentation and tried everything I can think of and I simply can't > make reports print in draft quality no matter what I do.....although the > PRNSETUP command documentation indicates that either DRAFT or LOW are > options of the QUALITY option. > > I have a client who routinely looks up records in his contact list. > There's a little one page report that can print to screen fine. When he > notes that a change is needed (new address for example) he prints this > one page report, scribbles the new info on it and sends it off to the > person who handles data entry for the client database. > > I've previously asked for help with this from the point where the report > prints to screen, and the user tries to click on the printer icon to > print the report. (first click) That brings up the printer dialog box. > The default printer is shown and from there he has to select the > "properties" (second click) then he has to click "draft" (third click) > then he clicks on the first "OK" (fourth click) and then a second "OK" > (fifth click). It's driving him crazy. When he first opens the printer > properties dialog box it indicates that it's already set to draft, but > it still prints in letter quality unless he specifically selects draft > quality AGAIN. Then it defaults back to letter quality and he has to go > through this for every single record he wants to print. > > He complains bitterly about this every time I see him (as I said, it's > always the little things). > > The form from which he selects printng the report automatically sends > the report to the screen and to get it to print to the printe in draft > he has to go through all of the above. I figured it must be a Windows > thing....because every other software program he uses allows him to use > the default (printer is set to default to draft) except RBase. > > So then I got the idea of putting an additional button on the form that > would print right from the form (without a screen display first) to the > printer. Documentation seems to indicate that I should be able to do > this with the PRNSETUP and PRINT ReportName OPTION PRINTER commands in > the EEP for the button. So I tried it in every configuration of order > of commands I could think of and absolutely nothing works. The report > will print to the printer without going to the screen, so the OPTION > PRINTER works but it ALWAYS prints in letter quality. > > Because these are just being used to scribble on and give to data entry > staff, DRAFT mode is what he needs -- both for speed and to save printer > ink. > > I simply can't believe that RBase (which can do almost everything and > lots of things I haven't thought of yet) can't do this..... > > The EEP I've tried is as follows: > > PRNSETUP QUALITY DRAFT > PRINT FullBioSheet where idno = .vidno OPTION PRINTER > Return > > This prints the report but ALWAYS in letter quality. > > AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! > > Paula Stuart > Community Development Strategies > 70 Summer Street > Somerville, MA 02143 > 617-776-3367 > 617-776-4554 (Fax) > 617-388-1331 (Cell) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Albert Berry Management Consultant RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 Canada (250) 425-5806 (250) 425-7259 (708) 575-3952 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
