Just don't fall into the trap our idiot tech support fell into ... We had a printronix (nice beast, maybe try getting one of those yourself...) anyways, something upset its config.
So tech support thought it was busted and replaced it. And $DEITY the grief the replacement caused... because we had a tendency to print single labels, like you, I'd set up the config to print one label per "page", and set up the printronix as "12 lines per page". It happily let you specify any random number. The new printer presented you with an (unchangeable) predetermined list, the smallest of which was 4". So here we are, printing a label followed by a formfeed, which skips TWO labels. The result is that we ended up wasting one label in two :-( Oh well. Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karjala Koponen Sent: 05 April 2004 21:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Label printers on AIX and/or Solaris Friends, I really have no time for any development, however small, on this. Too many other higher priority projects on my list. These printers are used by many people, however infrequently, so having the printer attached and driven from a single workstation is not attractive, though I might be able to get somebody else to do that setup work. I don't know how people would like using central workstations for generating labels. I suppose I could have an old PC logged into our UniData application and somehow drive the printer from the server, but I don't know how to do that, though there was a recent thread that might be relevant. Yes, I could write an application that would send the correct control sequences and I don't think it would take much time (only because I've done a very similar task at another company), but that's not a zero time project, either. Guess I'll have to recommend that we just upgrade to a better text printer for now. Thanks for your ideas, Karjala >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/05/2004 3:14:57 PM >>> Hey Karjala, Why not just purchase something like a Dymo SE300 label printer and put it on a Windows workstation, connected to the network running the U2 application? ... Regards, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karjala Koponen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Hello, I'm running UniData 5.2.15 on AIX 4.3.2 but will be going to UniData 6.0.9 on Solaris 2.8. We have two stand alone Epson LX300+ 9 pin dot matrix printers we use to print labels. They are defined as generic (ASCII) devices. The printers are old and the output is acceptable, at best. I'd like to replace the printers with label printers that will print on peel off labels of roll stock. ... Thanks, Karjala -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users **************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. **************************************************************************** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
