>i needed to make some programming to fill up a pre-printed form using @ SAY and SET DEVICE TO PRINTER. It fit ok to the form, but there is a problem: The dot matrix printer holds all the data in its buffer until i quit the application or send an EJECT command. Is there a command i can send to the printer to make it start printing? Something like and EOF or END OF JOB ! Any help on this would be welcomed. I tried to use LABEL FORM but couldn´t use it because i am printing in a continuos form and i found no way to make the LABEL FORM to fit in the next page, only the first goes well. I guess it´s meant to be used with single sheets.
What I usually do is prepare a text file (I use "?" and "??" instead of "@...say"), and then send it to the printer with the "???" command. One additional advantage of this method is that the text-file can be used directly for preview, with
MODIFY COMMAND or
RUN /N NOTEPAD.EXE MyFile.txtHTH,
Hilmar.
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