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How to print endless page
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18/12/2012 03:20:34
 
 
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18/12/2012 02:44:53
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01559840
Message ID:
01559964
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I was able to select Generic/Text only driver.
but when I printed, I still got pages.
how can I set it as endless (continues) pages.

this is for printing receipt.

thanks for the help




>Add a printer, and select Generic as brand, then you will see Generic/Text only as the first option.
>
>>I have Add Printer, Microsoft XPS Document Writer icons as default.
>>I cannot find Generic/Text Only printer, and also cannot find it in the Add Printer
>>
>>Please advise
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Thank you for the reply.
>>>>how can I create Generic Text Only printer driver?
>>>
>>>You don't have to create anything. 'Generic/Text Only' is one of the windows oldest printer drivers and it
>>>should be there by default. In case is not for any reason, then you install it.
>>>What is good about this driver, is that it is very simple and plays fairly well
>>>with most of dot matrix printers.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>how to print an endless page?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I want to print the grocery receipt, and it prints continuously, doesn't need page
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Tips from what I can remember when building POS
>>>>>
>>>>>- Use 'Generic Text Only' printer driver
>>>>>- Use monospaced font
>>>>>
>>>>>As for layout
>>>>>- Make FRX with Report Title + detail band + Report Summary only
>>>>>(page headers/footers empty and height 0)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>OR
>>>>>
>>>>>Send output to text file in exact layout in characters
>>>>>(Eg ech line have 80 chars)
>>>>>
>>>>>Then send whole text file to to the printer port directly. There was couple of posts here with code that does that
>>>>>(Was it SergeyB or BorisB)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Also see file#9991 here at downloads
>>>>>
>>>>>HTH
>>>>>Sergio
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