I agree, David.
OUTPUT filename
WRITE
WRITE
WRITE
OUTPUT SCREEN
COPY filename LPT1
At come newer clients, we have had to get fancy
SET VAR vComSpec = (ENVVAL('ComSpec'))
SET VAR vCommand = ('ZIP' & .vComSpec & '/C xCopy filename LPT1')
&vCommand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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
> =======================================
> 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
> >
> ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> ><HTML><HEAD>
> ><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All</FONT></DIV>
> ><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>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
> >
>
>
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