Bruce:
D3 has always had an excellent solution. They create a printer device item
just like they do a terminal device.
When we do a:
CRT @(-3):@(-13):"HELLO":@(-14)
for a terminal we can do:
PRINT @(-143):"The printer has been initialized and
is in landscape mode.":@(-110)
This would have been great of all the mvDbms players had implemented it. Oh
well....
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Nichol
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [U2] Fancy Printer
>
>
> At 22:29 06/10/04, you wrote:
>
> >That's roughly the approach I've been taking. The problem is to interject
> >these lines into the dozens, maybe hundreds of reports either in
> English or
> >Basic that are scattered throughout the procs in the application. Too bad
> >you cannot have an 'initiation string' that hayes modems had to
> preceed the
> >output.
>
>
> Asked for, and made the Pick Systems list of things to do in , I think,
> 1998....... Heard nothing since.....
>
> That's progress ....
>
> With UV on Windows, we've used "Page Separators" or SETPTR ...GUI,
> FONTNAME, FONTSIZE for years... *nix, I have no idea....
>
>
> >thanks.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bill H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:28 AM
> >Subject: RE: [U2] Fancy Printer
> >
> >
> > > Mark:
> > >
> > > A typical D3 solution is to:
> > >
> > > 1) sp-assign
> > > 2) sp-open
> > > 3) print PCL5 escape sequences
> > > 4) print report
> > > 5) print PCL5 ending sequences (usually [Esc]+E)
> > > 6) sp-close
> > > 7) sp-assign
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Johnson
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:57 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: [U2] Fancy Printer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Two printer questions:
> > > >
> > > > First, any recommendations on a multiple paper printer. For
> > > > example, the first
> > > > page would be tray 1 with a letterhead, Page 2 would be a form
> > > > using tray 2
> > > > and pages 3,4,5 etc would be tray 3 having white paper.
> > > >
> > > > Have a working knowledge of HP PCL (5/6) I just don't know which
> > > > printer could
> > > > handle this kind of output. If the printer could staple the pages
> > > > together, it
> > > > would be that much better.
> > > >
> > > > I've seen copy machines with this kind of magic. I'm just
> looking for
> >some
> > > > direction in choosing a printer.
> > > >
> > > > Second, sort of for D3. Are there any repetitive printer strings
> > > > that could be
> > > > send to the printer that precedes the actual output for each hold
> > > > file. I'm
> > > > dancing with a few clients having medium HP printers and the same
> > > > report comes
> > > > out landscape or portrait depending on the previous output
> (pick or word
> > > > documents etc). I would like to either precede the output
> with an ESC E
> >to
> > > > clear to the defaults or actually force the default continuously.
> > > >
> > > > Presently I'm managing each report program by hand but there
> > > > should be a more
> > > > global solution.
> > > >
> > > > These are Laserjet Series 6's. I don't have this problem on HP
> > > > 2000 series.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
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>
> Bruce Nichol
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