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Odd characters printing at the top of a report
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09/05/2002 15:32:50
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00654711
Message ID:
00654716
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16
>Hello all...
>
>I have a report which is called from several prg's. Usually it prints fine, however in one option, 2 lines of odd characters are printed at the top of the page. The lines are as follows:
>
>[]&|4H
>[](8U[](sOp1O.OOh12.OvOs3b3T
>
>where [] is actually an ascii box.
>
>I don't see any difference in the code before the call to the report to cause this. Someone had recently suggested to me that the driver was wrong for the printer. If so, why would it print correctly at other times?
>
>Just in case, the user is using a HP LaserJet 4000 series with driver = HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL 6.
>The printer is called by set printer to NAME (p_printer).
>
>Thanks,
>Sunshine

Not sure how they apear there but these are definitely HP PCL commands.

[](8U[](sOp1O.OOh12.OvOs3b3T is one of the font settings commands, ASCII box is actually is Esc symbol - CHR(27) You might want to try another printer driver as advised.
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
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