printing tax forms

[micheleb]

Anybody have problems with printing on W-2 or 1099 forms?
We use the ink jet/ laser forms from Staples.
I can line up the frx perfectly on my oki 6100 printer but some of our clients print them & they are too high or too low.

How do you code around that? They all have different printers.

I'd like to print the forms rather than fill in the blocks but I am not sure where to get the info to create our own W-2.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Is this a Foxpro question?

What format are the forms that Staples (What ever Staples is) provide you? Foxpro reports? Or PDF?
What is a W-2 form?


Mike Gagnon

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[stirfry]

Hi Micheleb

Prior to calling the report I have a form that allows you to enter both height & width changes. Just 2 spinners.
I find you have to multiply by 400 to get 1mm change (approx)
lUpDown=ThisForm.SpinUpDown.Value*400
lLeftRight=ThisForm.spinLeftRight.Value*400

When they have been changed I copy the report to a temp report name, & SELECT it
I then run the following
locate for ObjCode==53
IF FOUND()
REPLACE hpos WITH hpos+lLeftRight
REPLACE Width WITH Width-lLeftRight
ENDIF
*/* adjust up/down
SCAN FOR ObjCode==0 AND ObjType<9
REPLACE Vpos WITH Vpos+lUpDown
ENDSCAN


When you then print with this report it will observe your alterations.

Please note it is possible to go too far Up/Down & Left/Right which will messup the report, but for a small change of a few mm it works fine.

Andrew

 

[Mike Lewis]

What ever Staples is

Small pieces of wire used to hold sheets of paper together?

Mike


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[baltman]

LOL

http://www.staples.com/

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Thank you Brian and Mike.

I think my point was to the original poster was, adding Staples and W-2 and 1099 forms to the question only makes it difficult to answer without researching it. Where I live we do not use W-2 nor 1099 forms, although we do have "Staples" it is not called "Staples" (I live in French area). So considering that this site is seen by many people in many countries, it would be best to make the questions more "generic".

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
ReFox XI (www.mcrgsoftware.com)

 

[Mike Lewis]

Mike,

I understood your point, and fully agree with it.

It's always a mistake to assume that forum members will always be familiar with the institutions, business practices and customs of any particular country or culture.

Mike


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