>i have a report that prints on an epson fx1170. now, printing a single page takes about 2 minutes. my user complains. they want it to print faster. how can i do this? i've used font arial in my reports. i had problems with font ms serif and courier new in terms of the alignment of texts so i changed my report to font arial.
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>is there any way i can send this to text then just be able to print it by using run type command? i used this style way back using foxpro windows 2.6. what i do is to create the whole report with @say then print it to file. can i use the report itself?
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>pls advise me.
Printers can print in text mode, and in graphics mode. Graphics mode is much slower.
To print in text mode, prepare a text file, and send it to the printer with the "???" command.
To use the report itself, you can use REPORT FORM ... ASCII to create the text file.
Since aligning the text is difficult, I created class #9991. I use it all the time for creating text-mode reports. The main problem is that you have to re-write your reports. Most features of the report writer are included.
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