Hi, Many of the recent printers, especially low cost USB printers, come without "text mode" drivers and only operate in GDI mode. They appear to be printing, report success back to Windows, but nothing actually emerges from the printer.
This is well documented on the web. For situations where the application cannot do GDI, there are a few products out there that act as middleware to connect a text mode program to a GDI printer. For example, see www.dosprn.com though I have not used this so I have no opinion on it. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems Ltd 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England +44 (0)1604-709200 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: 31 July 2012 09:21 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] (no subject) I used this command and printed just fine from UNIVERSE: SETPTR ,,,,,,AT SAMSUNGM,GDI,BRIEF,FONTNAME Courier New Thank you, Robert Norman On 7/28/2012 4:02 AM, Brian Leach wrote: > Sounds like the printer is getting the job but doesn't understand what to do > with it > ..depending on the printer type it may need to use GDI calls. > > Try using > > SETPTR ,,,,,,AT myprintername,GDI > > Note; the first time you do a GDI print it takes forever to load the driver > but after that it should be okay. > > (UniVerse) > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert > Sent: 28 July 2012 07:11 > To: U2 Users List > Subject: [U2] (no subject) > > I have a question in regards to my brand new installs of the Personal > Editions (evaluation copies) of both UNIDATA and UNIVERSE. > > I just downloaded and installed these versions: > > UNIVERSE PE 11.1.9 > UNIDATA PE 7.3.0 > > I am unable to print anything to the printer. The laser printer turns on and > blinks for a while, then the print job disappears from Windows as though it > printed, but nothing prints. This is the case for both UNIDATA and UNIVERSE. > > Any ideas? > > I am in the process of setting up these environments for my personal use (I > usually use REVELATION for the things I need done) and I usually use the > client's version of Universe at their job site. > > Robert Norman > . > ROBERT NORMAN AND ASSOCIATES > Address: 23441 Golden Springs Dr., #289, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Phone : > 951/541-1668 Email : [email protected] > Website: http://users.keyway.net/~ice/ > [Affordable UNIVERSE programming services for PICK/BASIC, DATA/BASIC, > UniVerse Basic, UniBasic, R/BASIC, jBC] > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
