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Thanks Dmitry.
I had a devil of a time trying to set the (internal, to the printer) page size by inches, but once I set it by # of lines I got exactly what I needed.
cheers
>Jim,
>
>You have to create a custom form. It has been a long time ago I did it but I remember that I created a custom form for the specific dot-matrix printer (I mean form in the printer not in VFP). Then you specify this form instead of regular form. Therefore, in my case, the paper was ejecting exactly one label on each eject.
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>HTH.
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>>Never a big user of VFP reports and even less so for labels.
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>>I need to print standard Avery tractor-feed labels (15/16" x 3.5") to a dot-matrix printer.
>>If the user specifies 3 labels to be printed, it should print the 3 labels and then stop any further printer action.
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>>When printing, say, 3 labels the thing insists on "ejecting", apparently to the basic 8 1/2" mark.
>>There is no NOEJECT (or NOPAGEEJECT) clause on the "LABEL FORM..." command.
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>>The "Page format" indicates a full page and I see no way to change that to represent a single label.
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>>What is the recommended way to solve this problem, to avoid a waste of labels?
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>>Thanks in advance
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