Addressograph (Generic / Text Only) Printer

[Keoki]

Has anyone attempted to print to an addressograph printer? I have tried using crystal reports. Didn't work. I have tried using VB 6.0 and printing a string. Didn't work.

For some reason, both methods seem to send line and form feeds that the addressograph doesn't like. I have searched high and low for a solution, but haven't found anything. If anyone has a new idea of how I can approach this, I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks.

Keoki
gb@cardinalhill.org

 

[dcm]

keoki: Not tried an Addressograph myself but how about experimenting with a text object with embedded fields and see if this helps David C. Monks
david.monks@chase-international.com

http://www.chase-international.com

Accredited Crystal Decisions Enterprise Partner

 

[Keoki]

Thanks for responding.

I finally figured it out. While working through the initial testing, I was only sending one line of text to the printer. When I would send this same line to a .txt file and then looked at the file, all I would see would be two squares that turned out to be end of file markers. After trying numerous other things and failing I finally sent 3 three lines. When I looked at the .txt file I saw that the first line was missing, but the other two there. The fix: make the first line an empty string.

Now it works great!



Keoki
gb@cardinalhill.org