>I am getting crazy trying to set a vfp8 application to print properly on a dot matrix printer with 12inches long forms.
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>- The application prints using ? and ??. I tried the report forms but it was very long to print.
>- The printer (for my tests) is a regular FUJITSU DL3400
>- In order to print fast, I use the Generic printer driver
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>The problem is with the form feed. I don't want form feeds since there are other forms to print. I want to avoid the user to play with this.
>I tried to select Standard fold US + no form feed in the printer selection. Without success. I always get form feeds.
If the hard stuff Hilmar and Anatoliy suggest doesn't work or is just too hard, you can try to select A4 paper format... the "metric", i.e. European one.
Also, open the plastic cover somewhere above the power cord (yep, had a lot of experience with DL 3400, sold a few dozen back home), and check the DIP switches, or go through its setup - DL3400 has two emulation modes, its native and Epson (ES/C or ES/C2 or whatever), so the command set may differ depending on the setting.
It has always confused that the metric Europe uses A4 which is exactly one foot long, while this non- (or anti-) metric continent uses Letter which is 11 inch. Go figure.