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Printing to Dot Matrix printer without ejecting paper
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From
12/12/2006 08:12:00
 
 
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12/12/2006 08:01:59
Lutz Scheffler (Online)
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01176793
Message ID:
01176804
Views:
11
Hi Agnes,

when you report to a dot matric printer, VFP will usually send a form feed to the printer before the report is started, to make sure that you always start on a new page. This form feed command must be "eaten" so that it is not sent to the printer.

>High Tore,
>
>I feel puzzled.
>
>I try to follow what you are doing, but I didn't get the clue.
>
>After REPORT something my pages are ejected. I've no idea what the lines following Report ... are doing, because the page is ejected wether or not I invoke them.
>
>TIA
>Agnes
>>You must send the eject command to a file in stead of to the printer
>>Report ...
>>Set printer to file dummy.xyz
>>Eject
>>Set printer to
>>Erase dymmy.xyz
>>
>>>Hi to all
>>>I have a problem during report printing.
>>>
>>>When i send report to dot matrix printer the printer eject complete page but i want to paper not eject with out eject command (I used in sales invoice in general store).
>>>
>>>I also used set printer on
>>>but after this data not print.
>>>
>>>I also used to report convert into text file it's good adia but lose all fonts. please help me.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Rashid Mehmood,
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