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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hal Kaplan
Sent: 19 December 2006 16:06
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
= Subject: RE
= Subject: RE: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=
= Hi Hal,
=
= I only use a very simplistic system printing two copies on
= to a single laser printer. Both are the same colour and
= print on to blank sheets however I'm sure it would be
= possible to have two lasers
---orig.-
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 09:56, Hal Kaplan wrote:
= Subject: RE: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=
= Hi Hal,
=
= I only use a very simplistic system printing two copies on
= to a single laser
On Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:34 AM Bob Patterson wrote:
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= Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=
=
= Hi Hal !
Bob, thanks for the write-up. I still have a couple of questions ...
=
= If you don't want to go the dot-matrix route, with
= continuous forms, there are a couple of alternatives :
=
= 1. If you
Software Solutions
Sent: 18 December 2006 22:45
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
(I'll post this in a separate thread of its own rather than clutter the
other thread.)
Say a client has traditionally used duplicate or triplicate forms where
High Virgil
Only thing I could think was that it must have got confused somehow as I've
never seen somebody run 4 at one time on one pc via USB..
I ran into precisely this problem a couple of weeks ago. My app needs to
print on 4 different preprinted forms at the same time and then, three
, 2006 3:37 AM
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
High Virgil
Only thing I could think was that it must have got confused somehow as
I've never seen somebody run 4 at one time on one pc via USB..
I ran into precisely this problem a couple
Hi Michael !
Been doing this since about 1977 - the dot matrix IS the best way
to handle multi-part forms.
Your customer has been wizzed by a fast-talking forms salesman -
4 2/3 is an ODDBALL form size - few forms manufacturers have the
equipment to make it = customer lock-in !! (Must
= Subject: RE: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=
= I have a report with a variable in the header which I set to
= 'Customer Copy', 'File Copy', etc as required then print the
= report twice or three times as required. As for cost we can
= buy laser printers here in UK
Stephen the Cook wrote:
I'd have an impact printer do what an impact printer does very well. You
are just filling in a few dashes on the form. This isn't that tough. Get
an OKI Data with push and not a pull feed.
When you say push do you mean tractor feed?? I likened pull to
mean
John Weller wrote:
I have a report with a variable in the header which I set to 'Customer
Copy', 'File Copy', etc as required then print the report twice or three
times as required. As for cost we can buy laser printers here in UK for L50
(= $80 ish). Cost of ownership is reasonable when you
Rafael Copquin wrote:
snipped My present solution, which works like a charm with the lasers has
been
posted here but I will repeat it anyways.
_pcopies = 3
_peject='NONE'
set printer to name \\facturacion\listas
printjob
Report Form listas to printer noconsole
Bob Patterson wrote:
Hi Michael !
Been doing this since about 1977 - the dot matrix IS the best way
to handle multi-part forms.
Your customer has been wizzed by a fast-talking forms salesman -
4 2/3 is an ODDBALL form size - few forms manufacturers have the
equipment to make it =
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Stephen the Cook wrote:
I'd have an impact printer do what an impact printer does very well. You
are just filling in a few dashes on the form. This isn't that tough. Get
an OKI Data with push and not a pull feed.
When you say push do you mean
= Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=
= Stephen the Cook wrote:
= I'd have an impact printer do what an impact printer does
= very well.
= You are just filling in a few dashes on the form. This isn't that
= tough. Get an OKI Data with push
Paul Newton wrote:
Tractor can be push or pull (or sometimes both).
Oh right! Now I remembersome had the tracks in the rear, pulling it
through. Thanks for that trip back in time, Paul! What a memory!
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
Hal Kaplan wrote:
Fortunately, this is the last thing I have to say about your printing problem.
And fortunately for the rest of us toosaves us bandwidth and hitting
the [DELETE] key for nonsense posts. :-p
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
That's because you're too young!
I go back to 1987 with the fox and, living in a Latin American country, had to
make do with what was available, not always the most rational solution. (I mean
the do while loop I posted)
But the printjob/endprintjob construct works well and is really
= Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=
= That's because you're too young!
=
= I go back to 1987 with the fox...
=
= Rafael
=
You too, Rafael? I started back then too. I had a client with a FB 1.0 app
and I had to learn the language from a DBase manual
in the Southern Hemisphere.
Bye for now
Rafael Copquin
- Original Message -
From: Hal Kaplan
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:55 PM
Subject: RE: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
= Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Stephen the Cook wrote:
I'd have an impact printer do what an impact printer does very well.
You are just filling in a few dashes on the form. This isn't that
tough. Get an OKI Data with push and not a pull feed.
When you say push do you mean tractor feed??
(I'll post this in a separate thread of its own rather than clutter the
other thread.)
Say a client has traditionally used duplicate or triplicate forms where
a field delivery person had written the number of gallons of oil
delivered to a customer, and when finished filling the tank, the
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Of MB Software Solutions
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 4:45 PM
To: Profox
Subject: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
(I'll post this in a separate thread of its own rather than clutter the
other thread.)
Say a client has traditionally used
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a properly designed impact
form. I know lots of people who use them on a daily basis and the
outfit I am with now owns no less than 75 of them that are used every
day. Many of our forms are 5 part and there is no problem.
The other clincher is that
Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
You're most likely going to have to live with dot matrix, especially if it’s
a fuel jobber or heating oil supplier as they're not going to be willing to
spend 500 on a laser and 100 on a cartridge every month or two when an dot
matrix and a 20 dollar printer ribbon,
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Of MB Software Solutions
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 5:12 PM
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
You're most likely going to have to live with dot matrix
Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
I couldn’t figure out what was wrong, so I uninstalled all the printers and
reinstalled them and that fixed them.
Only thing I could think was that it must have got confused somehow as I've
never seen somebody run 4 at one time on one pc via USB..
My General
MB Software Solutions wrote:
(I'll post this in a separate thread of its own rather than clutter
the other thread.)
Say a client has traditionally used duplicate or triplicate forms
where a field delivery person had written the number of gallons of
oil delivered to a customer, and when
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