>I am trying to optimize VFP's handeling of a dot matrix printer I have. The printer specifically is a CITOH 4000, 400 cps, no formal support under 95/NT nut the generic drivers seem to work ok.
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>The report (really an invoice) contains only courier 10cpi/12cpi output requirements. When I use the IBM graphics driver, windows seems to cpnvert the output to raster, put the printer in graphics mode and print. Needless to say the printer runs at less that 400cps (actually more like 70cps). When I use the generic text driver, the printer runs in text mode, however I have a problem with output that I want to appear either side by side or on successive lines.
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>Example:
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> line-1 line-2
> line-3 line-4
> ...
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>Instead of the desired output, I get a blank line between line-1 and line-3 (With line-2 and line-4 correctly printed). If I had to guess, the report designer is not able to understand that line-1 and line-2 are on the same line. By the way, I made sure that line-1 and line-2 where on the same line as far as the designer is concerned.
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>Any ideas?Regularly use dot matrix printers ( mostly OKIDATA ) to print on multi-part forms for invoices. Critical to have "line1" "line2" be exacly the same vertical positioning -- the routin that translates the output from the form designer to "generic text" gets confused when lines don't actually line up exactly. We print: line# part# description qty price extendedprice all on one line.
Hope this helps.