>I have a report that prints to a Okidata DOT Printer. Its a 132 column report that needs to print on 80 columns....
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>I thought there used to be a way to send codes to the printer to compress and decompress the print. Does anyone remember how to do this and what the codes were?
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>Something Like:
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> ? CHR(15)
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You'd have to use ??? to not have WIndows handle the stream, and if you use a tool like ReportWriter to generate the output, it'll reset the state of the printer.

There is no single code that works for all printers to set compressed mode - check the printer manual for your printer for details.