I just finish an app for an eltron label printer; this printers creates lables from text that is send to it like ie.


N
O
S2
D7
ZT
Q614,27
q784
B10,100,0,3,3,7,75,B,"-part-"
A60,300,0,2,3,3,N,"-part-"
A60,400,0,2,2,2,N,"-desc1-"
A60,500,0,2,2,2,N,"-desc2-"
A750,10,1,4,2,2,N,"DIDELBA"
X30,30,3,750,500
P1

If this is your situation

I wrote a program that sends the text to the printer from a memo field and that it substitutes variables (-varname-) for actual data and send it to the lpt1

Ie
\prg

Private Array AA(2),CH,dd1,dd2,F
SET CENTURY OFF
F = DTOC(DATE())
CH = Chr(10)
Select lavles
Seek Thisform.fPrint.Value *** look for the lable to be printed
If Found()
Select vFacturas *** view with the acutal data to be printed
Scan For !Deleted() And vFacturas.tipo == Thisform.fPrint.Value;
AND !vfacturas.inpreso
Select lables
Alines(AA,etiquetas.ETIQUETA)
Set Device To Screen
Set Printer To
For Y = 1 To vfacturas.etiquetas
For x = 1 To Alen(AA)
*** replace var with data
AA(x) = Strtran(AA(x),"-part-",ALLTRIM(vfacturas.parte))
AA(x) = Strtran(AA(x),"-fecha-",ALLTRIM(F))
dd1 = SUBSTR(ALLTRIM(vfacturas.descripcion),1,25)
dd1 = STRTRAN(dd1,'\','\\')
dd1 = STRTRAN(dd1,'"','\"')
IF LEN(vfacturas.descripcion) > 25
dd2 = SUBSTR(ALLTRIM(vfacturas.descripcion),25,50)
dd2 = STRTRAN(dd2,'\','\\')
dd2 = STRTRAN(dd2,'"','\"')
AA(x) = Strtran(AA(x),"-desc2-",dd2)
ENDIF
AA(x) = Strtran(AA(x),"-desc1-",dd1)
AA(x) = Strtran(AA(x),"-qty-",ALLTRIM(STR(vfacturas.cantidad)))
*!* send current line to printer
??? AA(x) + CH
Next
NEXT
replace vfacturas.inpreso WITH .t.
thisform.Refresh
Set Printer To
Endscan
Endif

/prg

I hope this helps a little






>I have design a report that I want to go to a Eltron 2442 Thermal Printer.
>Actually it's a UPS Thermal Printer but that is the maker and model.
>I can print a Wordpad Document to it, Run a test pager to it
>but if I select it via REPORT FORM PROMPT it goes to the default printer
>VFP5 or VFP6. I have set the default printer to the printer in the Windows
>2000 workstations setting and I get and error to the sorts PRINTER DRIVER NOT FOUND.
>
>This printer is on LTP1.
>
>I just need to test this type of printer to see if we can use it for shipping labels. Once we prove that we will purchase one