David -
I had a similar problem with NT 4.0 several years ago. I found that
by writing to a file and then TYPEing the file to the printer the problem
was solved; however, it wasn't an OKI 370.
Bernie
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At 09:23 AM 6/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear All
>
>I recently completed conversion of a very old R:Base System V application
to the redoubtable glorious R:Base 6.5++. The client is thrilled with the
application. There is just ONE issue to be solved.
>
>In the application, which is a summer day camp program in Maine, printing
is done to an Okidata 370 Turbo dot matrix printer because they need to
print receipts on carbon paper. One of the "reports" generated by the
system is actually created by a series of WRITE commands sandwiched between
OUTPUT PRINTER and OUTPUT SCREEN.
>
>When I run this report on my system (Windows 95 and an HP LaserJet Series
II printer, hooked up as local printer) it prints the page and does a form
feed. When he runs it on WIndows 98 or Millenium, under a Windows peer to
peer network, with the printer set up as a network printer, it prints the
page, and does TWO form feeds, wasting a full set of carbon paper. Doesn't
matter which work station he prints from.
>
>When he runs this under the old System V application, in a DOS window under
the same Windows 98 or Millenium to the same printer, it doesn't even do ONE
form feed, which is really what he wants.
>
>Any ideas? Is there a setting somewhere in R:Base, Windows, or Peer to
Peer, or the printer that we can change to give him what he wants?
>
>David Blocker
>
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><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I recently completed conversion of a very old
>R:Base System V application to the redoubtable glorious R:Base 6.5++.
The
>client is thrilled with the application. There is just ONE issue to be
>solved.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the application, which is a summer day camp
>program in Maine, printing is done to an Okidata 370 Turbo dot matrix printer
>because they need to print receipts on carbon paper. One of the
"reports"
>generated by the system is actually created by a series of WRITE commands
>sandwiched between OUTPUT PRINTER and OUTPUT SCREEN. </FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I run this report on my system (Windows
95 and
>an HP LaserJet Series II printer, hooked up as local printer) it prints the
page
>and does a form feed. When he runs it on WIndows 98 or Millenium, under a
>Windows peer to peer network, with the printer set up as a network printer, it
>prints the page, and does TWO form feeds, wasting a full set of carbon paper.
>Doesn't matter which work station he prints from.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When he runs this under the old System V
>application, in a DOS window under the same Windows 98 or Millenium to the
same
>printer, it doesn't even do ONE form feed, which is really what he wants.
></FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas? Is there a setting somewhere in
>R:Base, Windows, or Peer to Peer, or the printer that we can change to give
him
>what he wants?</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Blocker</FONT></DIV>
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