>>>Thanks, I'll take a look. I used slightly different approach. I just created a string, then output string to file. I don't create page breaks, since it's ASCII file.
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>>In the ASCII text file, my class includes chr(12) for a pagebreak. This is the code for Epson dot-matrix printers, for a page-break.
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>>In general, all codes I use are specifically for Epson dot-matrix printers. Of course, you can change this, if you find out the correct code for some other printer.
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>>Hilmar.
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>How do you tell the printer in which mode (landscape or normal) to print?
AFAIK, on the Epson printers, "landscape" (that is, rotate the image 90 degrees) isn't available for text mode.
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