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The paperformat is 9cm to 7,5cm. The labels are "endless". On one role are
1000 labels.
The size of the paper (label) is set correct and I if I debug I get the
correct dimension of the labe in pixel.

One customer wants to have 2 lables together the next customers needs 4
label together. So each label represnets a page.

Unfortunately NewPage force the printer to create a new job. This I can see
on the display of the printer. But of course only one job you can see in
"windows printer job window". I'm sure that is a bug in the driver of the
printern and I will again the company why the hell NewPage force a new
job -> cutter will cut.

> A formfeed for TPrinter() is NewPage().

Thats what I think too. But then the escape sequence will also not the
solution and the answer form the printer support team is wrong.

> Forget about escape sequences. Use TextOut(X,Y, ...) to make new lines
> and use NewPage() as formfeed.

That would great if that will not force the cutter. The problem that in one
process you have to print 100 item each item with 2 or 3 label.
One solution is to destroy the cutter and cut by self - but 300 labels -
forget it.
The next solution will be that the stupid cutter cut EACH label and someone
has to tabe up each pair.

> Here you mixed the raw printer with TPrinter(). That seems a
> bad idea to me.

That bad idea is also not working ;)

"Hans Galema" <notused@notused.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:421357d5$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Thomas J. wrote:
>
> > I want to print labels on a label printer.
>
> On what kind of paper ?
>
> > And the aim should be to print a
> > Label A and a Label B. After each second Label the cutter should cut.
>
> So not endless with labels glued on it ?
>
>  > I
> > assumes taht each label is a page. So I called NewPage().
>
> But then I would assume that every two labels constitute a page.
>
>  > But the printer
> > will create a new job for each call of NewPage
>
> No it will not make a new job. Just start on a new page.
>
>  > and for each new job the
> > cutter willl work. So Label A and Label B are not together anymore. (I
want
> > to print 300 labels).
> > The label printer company told me to send the esacep sequence F which is
> > 0x00c a form feed. And thats what I try to do for hours and hours.
>
> If you want to send an escape sequence than you have to use
> the printer in raw mode. As far as I know you cannot use TPrinter()
> for that. A formfeed for TPrinter() is NewPage().
>
> > I found out that another way it is possible to send escape sequnces.
>
> Forget about escape sequences. Use TextOut(X,Y, ...) to make new lines
> and use NewPage() as formfeed.
>
>
> >     OpenPrinter(printername, &PrnHandle, NULL);
> >     if (PrnHandle != NULL) {
>
> >        if (StartDocPrinter(PrnHandle,1,(LPSTR)&DocInfo) <= 0)
> >           Application->MessageBox("StartDocPrinter", "Error", MB_OK);
>
> >         printer->EndDoc();
>
>
> Here you mixed the raw printer with TPrinter(). That seems a
> bad idea to me.
>
>
> >     TPrinter* printer = Printer();
> >     printer->BeginDoc();
> >     printer->Canvas->TextOut(300, 300, "First page");
> >     Escape(printer->Canvas->Handle,
>
> You did not show what function Escape() does.
>
> Hans.