poositioning report on page

[garwain]

I am in the process of designing a new report using RAVE in D7. The report is basically a shipping label, but my users will be printing one label at a time, so I need to come up with a way to choose the position on the sheet ie. row 2, col 3.

Any ideas on how I can accomplish this?

 

[DelphiAaron]

printing on 1 label at a time is usually not advised.

especially on a laser printer, every pass exposes the sheet to 170deg + and can cause the labels to jam and or damage the printer.

Aaron

 

[roo0047]

I occasionally print labels. When I do, it's usually just one or two address labels on a slow ink-jet. (I heed Aaron's warnings.)

In Word 2003, I have an Avery plug-in installed. The plug-in creates Word templates for you that match Avery's label page products.

Now if I was going to automate this process myself, I'd create a small database (and by small, I mean a file of record) to keep track of the x/y label positions.

I'd create an user interface for entering the label contents.

Next, I would create a TWordApplication (Server palette) or a TOpWord (OfficePartner) to pass the data off to the Avery template for processing and printout.

If this same application (input form + export module) were to include a report page, it would have no function other than as a visual tool for the user.

When can you have it ready?

Roo
Delphi Rules!

 

[whosrdaddy]

garwain, there are some excellent label printers out there,
they are mode for this purpose and not too expensive! I use the Brother QL series because they are real workhorses:

http://www.brother-usa.com/labelprinter/modeldetail.aspx?ProductID=QL550

is an example of a good label printer...


Cheers,
Daddy

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[garwain]

In the end, I've used the RAVE datamirrorsection component to create 9 seperate reports, with each report corresponding the the position of one label. Then my program can get the co-ordinates to print, and then call the appropriate report.

Unfortunatly, a special label printer is not an option in our case. I used shipping labels as an example, since what I'm printing is very similar, but it's special stock. We originally used a label printer, but the stock for it (for this specific label) was costing a fortune, where a 3x3 grid on 8.5/11 paper costs a LOT less