Epson Printer (OpenInsight Specific)
At 03 SEP 1999 02:05:27PM David Mayes wrote:
I have an OI application which allows a warranty company to keep up with their warranties. They want to be able to print commission checks so I have written a script which using the starting and ending dates entered into the window to sort and reduce the database for processing. After the processing is done which further reduces and combines records, the checks are printed. I couldn't seem to get the Print_Init function to work for me so I'm using the old tried and true "Printer On" / "Print" Statements to get the results I want. Actually the Print_Init works but nothing prints, just a blank page ejects. I can't figure out what the equivilant for the old "Print" statement is. I need to print a string consisting of blanks and variables, not hard coded text so Print_Text doesn't work for me. But that's not my current problem. The real problem is: When output to my laser printer the program works perfectly, but when output to my customers Epson FX2180 Dot Matrix printer (tractor fed checks) the print size is so
small and compressed, it's barely legible. I have other reports printing to that printer through Revelation Reporter, where I can adjust the font size as needed and they work fine. But when going directly to this printer, my font size shrinks like a cheap suit on a rainy day. Anyone have any ideas? I don't have the ESC/P codes for the printer. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
At 04 SEP 1999 05:41AM Steve Smith wrote:
Epson publish/retail an ESC P/2 manual for all Epson printers.