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Article #7610Re: Feed Control of a Printer
From: Grety
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:36
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:36
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Bob ! Thanks !! First for your guide second for my mistake correction of Role and Roll :"> I tried some of your ways for printing and it make me some good exprience then For peoples that may have problem with TQuickRep there is a way to change the size of printing paper (My Problem solving) QuickRep1->Page->PaperSize and more changes can helps :-) Thanks again be happy Grety "Bob Gonder" <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote in message news:j9vfu090l3lamfr0rmecfa2q566q24qstm@4ax.com... > Grety wrote: > > >Is there any API (or a guide at all) to Feed Up/Down a Paper in Role > >Printer? > > No. > There is no standard for moving backwards. > Every printer (if it even has that capability) has it's own set of > codes for non-standard activities. > Check with the manufacturer's web site for their codes. > > >When I command Printer to print via QuickRep it feeds a A4 size paper > >although I want only 15 cm of Feeding. > >How can I send a design paper to this Role Paper without any Auto feeding? > >I *HAVE TO* put a designed paper into Only 15 cm not a A4 (30 cm). > > Several methods exist...... > > First, don't send form-feeds. > Keep track of the number of lines you print, and just send enough > Line-Feeds to complete the form. > This should work for all non-page-printers. > > Second, find the control codes on the manufacturer's site to set form > length. That way, the form feed will be the right length. Note that > some printers only support a few page sizes, so you might not be able > to set them to your particular size. > > Third, if you are using the Win API calls StartPage/EndPage, set the > paper size in the DEVMODE. (That's a bit complex, so if you need to do > this, and need help on it, ask about it.) Also, note that there are > only a limited number of page sizes available through Windows. > > >In my current project there is a Printer with Role Paper... > > Ummm...just wanted to mention that "role" is what an actor plays in a > movie. "Roll" is what you do to a stone so it won't gather moss. > So it should be a paper roll, or "a Printer with Roll Paper..." > >
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X-Google-Thread: 10cc67,493775d0abffce7d X-Google-Attributes: gid10cc67,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: "Grety" <valid@emailaddress.com> Newsgroups: borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi References: <41e793c8@newsgroups.borland.com> <j9vfu090l3lamfr0rmecfa2q566q24qstm@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Feed Control of a Printer Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 05:06:14 +0330 Lines: 60 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2479.0006 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2479.0006 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.165.107.128 Message-ID: <41e92b12@newsgroups.borland.com> X-Trace: newsgroups.borland.com 1105799954 213.165.107.128 (15 Jan 2005 06:39:14 -0800) Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!news2.euro.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!news-peer-test!btnet!newsfeed.bt.es!caladan.landsraad.net!newsgroups.borland.com!not-for-mail