>>>I have a Generic Text Printer Driver installed. Can i progrmatically change it's "Fonts" setting like "Bold On" & "Bold Off".
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>>Yes an no! :-) You have to send the right escape codes yourself.
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>???
>Since you say yes & no. I assume that you mean i need to provide the correct escape codes & then it can be done programatically.
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>i may be able to make the Generic Driver Font Setting work for me. Assuming that please try to help.
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>Please give me a hint as to how :-
>to progrmatically change it's "Fonts" setting like "Bold On" & "Bold Off"?
You have to check with the printer manual, but for printers which can emulate IBM Proprinter, you can try this
???"Normal text " + chr(27)+chr(69) + "Bold text " + chr(27)+chr(70) + "normal text again"
You will find a listing of escape codes for IBM Prprinter here
http://www.brother-service.de/service/download/send_file.cfm?file_name=guide_ibmpro.pdf