This thread is DEFINITELY in my save box - I KNOW
it will come up sometime!
Thanks for raising the question Paula and Jay,
Adrian and Albert for showing how it's done!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:31 PM
Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: AW: [RBG7-L] - Printing in DRAFT
mode
Thanks so much
to Jay, Adrian and Albert. This list is just such an incredible
resource!
I did as you suggested and created a "draft" printer on my
system. It took me a bit to figure out how to do that, but once I was able
to set up the draft printer, and modify the EEP to include the printer name in
the command, IT WORKED!
I am SOOOOO looking forward to doing this on my
client's computer on Monday. You have no idea how pleased he's going to be
about this.
You're the best!
Paula Stuart
Community
Development Strategies
70 Summer Street
Somerville, MA
02143
617-776-3367
617-776-4554 (Fax)
617-388-1331
(Cell)
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-----Original
Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert
Berry
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 12:07 PM
To: RBG7-L Mailing
List
Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: AW: [RBG7-L] - Printing in DRAFT
mode
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)
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