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Hello all,
I need to print to a dot matrix printer on a line-by-line basis. In the DOS days I would use the LPRINT command and I would be happy. But using Visual Basic (v6) I can only currently print whole pages when using the Printer object.
Any suggestions,
Matthew Knott.
try to use:
printer.print "some text"
printer.endDoc
Thanks but this (on my printer) results in the text being printed and then a form feed automatically sent to the printer when the EndDoc method is called.
What my aim is to print one line then later print another line (minus the form feed).
Any ideas?
Matthew Knott
Sorry but I thinks that isn't possible with VB
perhaps you can do this with the papersize property ???
printer.print "Some text for line 1"
printer.print "Some text for line 2"
etc...........
printer.enddoc
sCommandString = NETWORKPRINT & " " & sTextFile & " q=" & sQ & " s=" & sServerString
r = Shell("start.exe " & sCommandString, vbHide)
where NETWORKPRINT -> path to the novell command nprint (for example f:\public\nprint)
sTextFile -> your file to print
sQ - printer queue
sServerString - server name
Shell command will call nprint which will send to dot matrix printer
Iouri Boutchkine
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This article may help you...
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q175/0/83.ASP