>Hi Hilmar,
>Thanks for replying! The problem I am having is that the GDI printers ignore the printer codes. They print everything in the standard format-no condensed printing, etc. If I understand GDI printers, they MUST go through the windows GDI to print and you cannot send printer codes directly to the printer using ???, correct? The reports work as is using ??? or @...say to standard printers (HP Lasers, Okidata Dot Matrixes, etc), but not to the GDI printers.
Well, I'm not quite sure what is meant by GDI printers. Do the standard Epson dot-matrix fall in this category? Anyway, sending printer codes, followed by a text-file (loaded into RAM) to an Epson Dot-Matrix printer works for me.
Example:
printer_codes = CHR(27) + CHR(15)
??? printer_codes + FileInRam
Hilmar.
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