RB5.55 x LX-300 x W98. Help Please.

rbuser

Dears,

I am having problems of printing in the Report Builder 5. 55 (Delphi 5) in
printers Epson Lx-300 when the SO is Windows 98.
It occurs that a line overlaps to another one and thus for ahead.
In the W2K it works perfectly.
Some tip the respect?

Thanks,
[]s,
Alessandro Ferreira.

digitalmetaphors

Make sure you have the latest printer drivers. Also see the info below for
printing to dot matrix printers in general.

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors

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Article: Printing to Dot Matrix Printers
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Dot matrix printers are natively line and character based. Most dot matrix
printers can emulate graphical (i.e. pixel based) printing, but there is
additional overhead which degrades printing speed.

Some options for maximizing performance:

1. Use native printer fonts.

Each dot matrix printer normally has some built-in fonts. You can choose
these fonts when using the ReportBuilder Report Designer. Choose File |
PageSetup and select the dot matrix printer (or optionally use the object
inspector to set Report.Printersetup.PrinterName). The fonts displayed in
Report Designer's font drop down list located on the format toolbar will
display the printer native fonts (indicated by a special printer icon next
to the font name).

2. Vertically position and size objects in 1/6 inch increments.

A standard dot matrix printer can print 66 lines per 11 inch portrait page.
This translates to a line height of 1/6 inch. Therefore the height of each
band should be a multiple of 1/6 as should the size of the margins, the
vertical position of each object etc.

3. Keep the layout simple, avoid using graphics of any kind.

Alternatives to using the dot matrix printer driver:

1. Use the generic text printer driver.

When using the generic text printer you will need to use the courier or
courier new font and apply the layout techniques described above.

2. Use ReportBuilder's ReportTextFile device output format.

This ReportTextFile device can exports the report to a .txt file which you
can then send to the printer. Demo dm0107.pas in the main reports demo app
shows an example of printing a report to a .txt file and previewing the
results.

rbuser

Thanks,

"Alexander Kramnik (Digital Metaphors)" wrote